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Work & commute · Wethersfield

Work & commute in Wethersfield, IL

Most working residents leave Wethersfield for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Kewanee (39%), Cambridge (3%) and Peoria (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
209 of 1,471 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,262 Wethersfield residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 1,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wethersfield.

1,262live here, work elsewhere
209live and work here
1,164work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wethersfield goes to work

NeponsetToulonCambridgeGalvaGeneseoKewaneePrincetonGalesburgMolineChicagoPeoriaDavenportGalvaWethersfieldKewaneeGoshenElmiraKewaneeCambridgePeoriaGalvaGeneseoGalesburgMolineDavenportChicagoNeponsetWethersfield
1
Kewanee3.3 mi away
39%580
2
Cambridge15.4 mi away
3%49
3
Peoria34.4 mi away
3%49
4
Galva6 mi away
3%48
5
Geneseo21.5 mi away
3%45
6
Galesburg28.8 mi away
2%34
7
Moline35.6 mi away
2%34
8
Davenport, IA43.3 mi away
2%34
9
Chicago124.2 mi away
2%29
10
Neponset10.1 mi away
2%26
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%543

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

How far

How far Wethersfield commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wethersfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wethersfield are

1,373 jobs are based in Wethersfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wethersfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wethersfield

1,373 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities39%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Wethersfield residents hold

1,471 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−12%

Jobs based in Wethersfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,561 → 1,373. 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.

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