Work & commute · West Lincoln

Work & commute in West Lincoln, IL

About one in 4 of West Lincoln’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (32%), Springfield (14%) and Decatur (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

712 of 2,577 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,865 West Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 712 work right here, and 2,808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Lincoln.

1,865live here, work elsewhere

712live and work here

2,808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Lincoln goes to work

Lincoln3.6 mi away

32%815

Springfield28.9 mi away

14%355

West Lincoln (in town)right here

9%224

Decatur34.3 mi away

3%79

Chicago146.4 mi away

3%70

Bloomington31.8 mi away

2%62

Peoria41 mi away

2%47

Broadwell6 mi away

2%43

Mount Pulaski13.8 mi away

1%34

Carbondale169.9 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%818

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

How far

How far West Lincoln commutes

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

43%

27%

24%

43%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Lincoln is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Lincoln are

3,520 jobs are based in West Lincoln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Lincoln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Lincoln

3,520 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs West Lincoln residents hold

2,577 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in West Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 3,527 → 3,520. 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.