Work & commute · Illinois

Work & commute in Illinois, KS

Most working residents leave Illinois for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (41%), Conway Springs (5%) and Anthony (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 80 Illinois residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Illinois.

80live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Illinois goes to work

Wichita21.4 mi away

41%33

Conway Springs6 mi away

5%4

Anthony33 mi away

4%3

Wellington12.2 mi away

4%3

Derby18.3 mi away

4%3

Goddard16.9 mi away

3%2

Maize24.9 mi away

3%2

Manhattan132.3 mi away

3%2

Riverside17.9 mi away

3%2

Conway5.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%24

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

How far

How far Illinois commutes

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

10%

64%

16%

10%

10%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Illinois is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Illinois are

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

Jobs based in Illinois

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Illinois residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+71%

Jobs based in Illinois, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 12. 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.