Work & commute · Melrose

Work & commute in Melrose, IL

Most working residents leave Melrose for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Quincy (53%), Ellington (9%) and Springfield (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

114 of 2,735 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 2,621 Melrose residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 1,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melrose.

2,621live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

1,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melrose goes to work

Quincy4 mi away

53%1,440

Ellington7.8 mi away

9%246

Melrose (in town)right here

4%114

Springfield90.3 mi away

3%82

Hannibal, MO12.4 mi away

3%75

Chicago234 mi away

2%54

Mount Sterling31.5 mi away

2%49

Decatur127.8 mi away

1%26

Peoria108.9 mi away

1%26

Macomb53.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%607

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

How far

How far Melrose commutes

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

68%

23%

68%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melrose is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Melrose are

1,201 jobs are based in Melrose. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Melrose

1,201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Melrose residents hold

2,735 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−2%

Jobs based in Melrose, 2013 → 2023: 1,226 → 1,201. 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.