Work & commute · Pittsfield

Work & commute in Pittsfield, IL

About one in 3 of Pittsfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (31%), Quincy (8%) and Springfield (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

493 of 1,586 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,093 Pittsfield residents head out of town to work, 493 work right here, and 1,328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsfield.

1,093live here, work elsewhere

493live and work here

1,328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsfield goes to work

Pittsfield3 mi away

31%490

Quincy35 mi away

8%121

Springfield65.7 mi away

8%121

Mount Sterling25.7 mi away

4%69

Jacksonville34.2 mi away

3%49

Pittsfield (in town)right here

3%45

Pleasant Hill12.3 mi away

2%25

Chicago226 mi away

2%24

Ellington35.3 mi away

1%21

Griggsville8.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%601

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

How far

How far Pittsfield commutes

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

38%

22%

32%

38%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsfield are

1,821 jobs are based in Pittsfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pittsfield

1,821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pittsfield residents hold

1,586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−15%

Jobs based in Pittsfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,146 → 1,821. 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.