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Work & commute · Pawnee

Work & commute in Pawnee, IL

Most working residents leave Pawnee for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (46%), Decatur (3%) and Auburn (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
81 of 1,154 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
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,073 Pawnee residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawnee.

1,073live here, work elsewhere
81live and work here
290work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Pawnee goes to work

DivernonPawneeRivertonAuburnChathamJacksonvilleCarbondaleDecaturChicagoPeoriaSpringfieldAuburnBallCotton HillWoodsideDivernonPawneeSpringfieldDecaturAuburnChicagoRivertonJacksonvilleCarbondalePeoriaWoodsidePawnee
1
Springfield14 mi away
46%536
2
Pawnee (in town)right here
7%81
3
Decatur39 mi away
3%29
4
Auburn8.6 mi away
2%23
5
Chicago184.2 mi away
2%21
6
Riverton17.6 mi away
2%18
7
Jacksonville35.7 mi away
2%18
8
Carbondale130.8 mi away
1%17
9
Peoria80 mi away
1%17
10
Woodside10.5 mi away
1%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%377

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.

17%Under 10 mi
54%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pawnee is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawnee are

371 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

371 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Pawnee residents hold

1,154 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 month60%
+9%

Jobs based in Pawnee, 2013 → 2023: 341 → 371. 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.

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