Work & commute · Pawnee

Work & commute in Pawnee, IL

Most working residents leave Pawnee for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (46%), Pawnee (7%) and Decatur (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 1,285 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,182 Pawnee residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawnee.

1,182live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

414work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pawnee goes to work

Springfield15.4 mi away

46%597

Pawnee1.4 mi away

7%90

Decatur39.6 mi away

2%30

Chicago185.3 mi away

2%26

Auburn8.6 mi away

2%24

Riverton19 mi away

2%21

Jacksonville36.2 mi away

2%21

Carbondale129.3 mi away

1%19

Normal72.5 mi away

1%18

Peoria81.5 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%421

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

How far

How far Pawnee commutes

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

16%

54%

23%

16%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pawnee is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawnee are

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

Jobs based in Pawnee

517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Pawnee residents hold

1,285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+14%

Jobs based in Pawnee, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 517. 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.