Work & commute · Monmouth

Work & commute in Monmouth, IL

44% of Monmouth’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (7%), Peoria (5%) and Chicago (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

1,509 of 3,417 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 1,908 Monmouth residents head out of town to work, 1,509 work right here, and 2,897 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monmouth.

1,908live here, work elsewhere

1,509live and work here

2,897work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monmouth goes to work

Monmouth (in town)right here

44%1,509

Galesburg14.1 mi away

7%256

Peoria54.8 mi away

5%170

Chicago166.1 mi away

2%71

Aledo20.4 mi away

2%64

Macomb30.8 mi away

2%59

Alexis11.2 mi away

2%57

Burlington, IA26.2 mi away

2%53

Springfield93.7 mi away

2%52

Quincy78 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,077

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

How far

How far Monmouth commutes

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

46%

15%

31%

46%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monmouth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monmouth are

4,406 jobs are based in Monmouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monmouth

4,406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Monmouth residents hold

3,417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−14%

Jobs based in Monmouth, 2013 → 2023: 5,116 → 4,406. 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.