Work & commute · Pilot Grove

Work & commute in Pilot Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Pilot Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Harpe (11%), Burlington (10%) and Carthage (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 104 Pilot Grove residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pilot Grove.

104live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pilot Grove goes to work

La Harpe7.8 mi away

11%12

Burlington, IA20.9 mi away

10%11

Carthage6.9 mi away

10%10

Macomb20.8 mi away

9%9

Fort Madison, IA16.3 mi away

6%6

Farmington57.8 mi away

2%2

Galesburg47.7 mi away

2%2

Quincy42.7 mi away

2%2

Peoria78.3 mi away

2%2

West Burlington, IA22.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%47

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

How far

How far Pilot Grove commutes

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

25%

32%

15%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pilot Grove is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pilot Grove are

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

Jobs based in Pilot Grove

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Pilot Grove residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Pilot Grove, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 16. 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.