Work & commute · Warrensburg

Work & commute in Warrensburg, IL

Most working residents leave Warrensburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (45%), Springfield (5%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 472 Warrensburg residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warrensburg.

472live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warrensburg goes to work

Decatur8.6 mi away

45%218

Springfield32.4 mi away

5%24

Chicago150 mi away

4%17

Harristown6.2 mi away

3%16

Peoria63.7 mi away

2%11

Champaign43.6 mi away

2%10

Bloomington37.9 mi away

2%10

Warrensburg (in town)right here

2%8

Forsyth5.2 mi away

1%7

Niantic7.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%154

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

How far

How far Warrensburg commutes

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

49%

11%

15%

24%

49%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warrensburg is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warrensburg are

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

Jobs based in Warrensburg

207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Warrensburg residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−38%

Jobs based in Warrensburg, 2013 → 2023: 334 → 207. 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.