Work & commute · Thompson

Work & commute in Thompson, IL

Most working residents leave Thompson for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Galena (18%), Scales Mound (8%) and Dubuque (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 305 Thompson residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompson.

305live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompson goes to work

Galena13.9 mi away

18%57

Scales Mound6.3 mi away

8%27

Dubuque, IA28.7 mi away

8%25

Apple Canyon Lake1.1 mi away

3%11

The Galena Territory8.9 mi away

3%10

Elizabeth7.8 mi away

2%7

Freeport28 mi away

2%7

Monroe, WI29.3 mi away

2%7

Warren9.9 mi away

2%6

East Dubuque24.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%156

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

How far

How far Thompson commutes

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

27%

32%

18%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompson is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompson are

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

Jobs based in Thompson

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Thompson residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in Thompson, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 61. 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.