Work & commute · Litchfield

Work & commute in Litchfield, IL

About one in 4 of Litchfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (6%), Springfield (5%) and Carlinville (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

700 of 2,563 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,863 Litchfield residents head out of town to work, 700 work right here, and 2,585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Litchfield.

1,863live here, work elsewhere

700live and work here

2,585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Litchfield goes to work

Litchfield (in town)right here

27%700

Hillsboro10.4 mi away

6%165

Springfield42.5 mi away

5%122

Carlinville13.3 mi away

3%73

Edwardsville31.8 mi away

2%63

Chicago211.2 mi away

2%55

Mattoon72.7 mi away

2%44

Effingham59.8 mi away

2%39

South Litchfield3.4 mi away

1%36

Mount Olive7.9 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,234

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Litchfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

24%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Litchfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Litchfield are

3,285 jobs are based in Litchfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Litchfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Litchfield

3,285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Litchfield residents hold

2,563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−9%

Jobs based in Litchfield, 2013 → 2023: 3,607 → 3,285. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.