Work & commute · Shannon

Work & commute in Shannon, IL

Most working residents leave Shannon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (14%), Lanark (10%) and Mount Carroll (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 284 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 264 Shannon residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shannon.

264live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shannon goes to work

Freeport10.9 mi away

14%39

Lanark5.9 mi away

10%29

Shannon (in town)right here

7%20

Mount Carroll12.8 mi away

3%8

Sterling24.5 mi away

3%8

Savanna20.8 mi away

2%6

Chicago107.8 mi away

2%6

Lake Carroll6.5 mi away

2%6

Milledgeville13.2 mi away

2%5

Rock Falls26.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%152

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

How far

How far Shannon commutes

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

27%

34%

10%

30%

27%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shannon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shannon are

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

Jobs based in Shannon

283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Shannon residents hold

284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−7%

Jobs based in Shannon, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 283. 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.