Work & commute · Sonora

Work & commute in Sonora, IL

Most working residents leave Sonora for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Keokuk (11%), Nauvoo (10%) and Fort Madison (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 133 Sonora residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sonora.

133live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sonora goes to work

Keokuk, IA8.3 mi away

11%16

Nauvoo5 mi away

10%15

Fort Madison, IA8.4 mi away

9%13

Sonora (in town)right here

8%11

Carthage11.1 mi away

5%7

Hamilton8.3 mi away

4%6

Springfield100.5 mi away

3%4

Elvaston8 mi away

2%3

Macomb32.7 mi away

2%3

Chicago209.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%63

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

How far

How far Sonora commutes

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

49%

16%

28%

49%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sonora is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sonora are

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

Jobs based in Sonora

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Sonora residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in Sonora, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 102. 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.