Work & commute · Newburg

Work & commute in Newburg, IL

Most working residents leave Newburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (25%), Springfield (10%) and Jacksonville (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 359 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 349 Newburg residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newburg.

349live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newburg goes to work

Pittsfield3.7 mi away

25%90

Springfield59.7 mi away

10%37

Jacksonville28.3 mi away

5%18

Quincy39.9 mi away

5%17

Mount Sterling25.1 mi away

3%9

Chicago221.6 mi away

3%9

Peoria98.2 mi away

2%7

Pittsfield6.1 mi away

2%7

Griggsville6 mi away

2%6

Valley City7.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%154

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

How far

How far Newburg commutes

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

34%

12%

19%

35%

34%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newburg is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newburg are

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

Jobs based in Newburg

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Newburg residents hold

359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+41%

Jobs based in Newburg, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 222. 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.