Work & commute · Mount Carroll

Work & commute in Mount Carroll, IL

Most working residents leave Mount Carroll for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Carroll (13%), Savanna (12%) and Clinton (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

100 of 825 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 725 Mount Carroll residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Carroll.

725live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Carroll goes to work

Mount Carroll3.3 mi away

13%106

Savanna5.7 mi away

12%95

Clinton, IA19.1 mi away

5%42

Freeport25.4 mi away

5%41

Fulton15.6 mi away

4%33

Salem5.5 mi away

3%27

Lanark10.4 mi away

3%22

Davenport, IA46.1 mi away

2%19

Chicago121.7 mi away

2%16

Dubuque, IA45.5 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%408

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

How far

How far Mount Carroll commutes

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

35%

23%

20%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Carroll is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Carroll are

402 jobs are based in Mount Carroll. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Carroll’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Carroll

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Mount Carroll residents hold

825 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−19%

Jobs based in Mount Carroll, 2013 → 2023: 495 → 402. 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.