Work & commute · Vinegar Hill

Work & commute in Vinegar Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Vinegar Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (22%), Galena (11%) and East Dubuque (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Vinegar Hill residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vinegar Hill.

163live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vinegar Hill goes to work

Dubuque, IA13.5 mi away

22%36

Galena4.4 mi away

11%18

East Dubuque9.2 mi away

7%11

Scales Mound9.8 mi away

4%6

The Galena Territory8.7 mi away

4%6

Chicago148.2 mi away

3%5

Freeport43.5 mi away

2%4

Davenport, IA64.6 mi away

2%4

Menominee5.1 mi away

2%3

Schaumburg124.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%69

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

How far

How far Vinegar Hill commutes

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

35%

28%

33%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vinegar Hill is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vinegar Hill are

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

Jobs based in Vinegar Hill

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Vinegar Hill residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+360%

Jobs based in Vinegar Hill, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 46. 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.