Work & commute · Raleigh

Work & commute in Raleigh, IL

Most working residents leave Raleigh for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (18%), Eldorado (17%) and Marion (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 442 Raleigh residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raleigh.

442live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raleigh goes to work

Harrisburg5.2 mi away

18%81

Eldorado5.6 mi away

17%75

Marion22.3 mi away

7%30

East Eldorado6.4 mi away

3%14

Harrisburg5.7 mi away

3%12

Carrier Mills9.8 mi away

2%9

Carbondale37.6 mi away

2%8

Chicago281.7 mi away

1%6

Carrier Mills10.1 mi away

1%6

Black, IN35.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%197

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

How far

How far Raleigh commutes

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

45%

15%

16%

24%

45%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raleigh is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Raleigh are

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

Jobs based in Raleigh

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Raleigh residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−97%

Jobs based in Raleigh, 2013 → 2023: 1,181 → 32. 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.