Work & commute · Spring Grove

Work & commute in Spring Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Spring Grove for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Monmouth (21%), Galesburg (16%) and Alexis (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 355 Spring Grove residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Grove.

355live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Grove goes to work

Monmouth7.1 mi away

21%81

Galesburg13.4 mi away

16%61

Alexis4.7 mi away

7%28

Peoria55.4 mi away

7%28

Chicago162.3 mi away

3%13

Aledo14.3 mi away

3%10

Springfield98.9 mi away

2%7

Burlington, IA30 mi away

2%6

Roseville19.8 mi away

1%4

Quincy84.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%142

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

How far

How far Spring Grove commutes

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

22%

38%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Grove are

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

Jobs based in Spring Grove

332 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Spring Grove residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+710%

Jobs based in Spring Grove, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 332. 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.