Work & commute · York

Work & commute in York, IL

Most working residents leave York for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Savanna (9%), Clinton (8%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 790 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 743 York residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in York.

743live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where York goes to work

Savanna8.5 mi away

9%70

Clinton, IA13.7 mi away

8%64

Chicago122.5 mi away

4%34

Thomson2.9 mi away

4%31

Freeport30.2 mi away

3%27

Fulton9.8 mi away

3%24

Sterling22.6 mi away

2%17

Dubuque, IA48.6 mi away

2%17

Springfield153.2 mi away

2%16

Davenport, IA40.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%474

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

How far

How far York commutes

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

21%

23%

19%

37%

21%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

York is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in York are

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

Jobs based in York

252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs York residents hold

790 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−15%

Jobs based in York, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 252. 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.