Work & commute · Sciota

Work & commute in Sciota, IL

Most working residents leave Sciota for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (33%), Colchester (6%) and Bushnell (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 210 Sciota residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sciota.

210live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sciota goes to work

Macomb8.6 mi away

33%71

Colchester11.7 mi away

6%13

Bushnell12.2 mi away

4%9

Carthage24.1 mi away

3%6

Galesburg31.1 mi away

3%6

Monmouth23 mi away

2%5

Quincy56.7 mi away

2%5

Peoria59.5 mi away

2%4

Good Hope3.7 mi away

1%3

Blandinsville7.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%89

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

How far

How far Sciota commutes

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

37%

21%

17%

26%

37%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sciota is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sciota are

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

Jobs based in Sciota

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sciota residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+81%

Jobs based in Sciota, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 47. 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.