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Work & commute · Wysox

Work & commute in Wysox, IL

Most working residents leave Wysox for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling (11%), Milledgeville (6%) and Chadwick (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
44 of 559 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 515 Wysox residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wysox.

515live here, work elsewhere
44live and work here
176work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wysox goes to work

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1
Sterling13.4 mi away
11%60
2
Milledgeville1.7 mi away
6%36
3
Chadwick5.1 mi away
6%33
4
Sterling12.6 mi away
5%28
5
Dixon19.1 mi away
3%19
6
Dubuque, IA58.7 mi away
3%18
7
Shannon12.6 mi away
3%14
8
Freeport23.2 mi away
3%14
9
Rock Creek-Lima6.1 mi away
3%14
10
Rock Falls15.2 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%311

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

How far

How far Wysox commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wysox is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wysox are

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

Jobs based in Wysox

220 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)41%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Wysox residents hold

559 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−3%

Jobs based in Wysox, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 220. 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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