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Work & commute · Riverside

Work & commute in Riverside, IL

Most working residents leave Riverside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Quincy (53%), Ellington (11%) and Springfield (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
24 of 1,020 working residents
Typical commute
4 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
13 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 996 Riverside residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverside.

996live here, work elsewhere
24live and work here
211work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Riverside goes to work

UrsaMendonClaytonMount SterlingCamp PointHamiltonQuincyChicagoPeoriaSpringfieldHannibalEllingtonGilmerUrsaMelroseRiversideQuincyQuincyEllingtonSpringfieldMelroseMount SterlingChicagoPeoriaHannibalMendonRiverside
1
Quincy5.3 mi away
53%540
2
Ellington6.3 mi away
11%115
3
Springfield95.9 mi away
3%35
4
Riverside (in town)right here
2%24
5
Melrose9.3 mi away
2%21
6
Mount Sterling35.4 mi away
1%13
7
Chicago233.3 mi away
1%13
8
Peoria108.8 mi away
1%13
9
Hannibal, MO20.1 mi away
1%13
10
Mendon10 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%225

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

How far

How far Riverside commutes

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

71%Under 10 mi
3%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Riverside is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverside are

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

Jobs based in Riverside

235 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)56%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)36%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Riverside residents hold

1,020 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−21%

Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 235. 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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