Work & commute · Illinois

Work & commute in Illinois, KS

Most working residents leave Illinois for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seneca (17%), Topeka (11%) and Sabetha (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 256 Illinois residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Illinois.

256live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Illinois goes to work

Seneca10.1 mi away

17%45

Topeka49.6 mi away

11%28

Sabetha20.9 mi away

6%17

Bern19.3 mi away

3%8

Wichita154.7 mi away

3%8

Vermillion10.7 mi away

3%7

Centralia4.1 mi away

3%7

Hiawatha30.2 mi away

3%7

Olathe87.1 mi away

3%7

Onaga15.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%124

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.

16%

35%

21%

27%

16%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Illinois is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Illinois are

121 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

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Illinois residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+3%

Jobs based in Illinois, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 121. 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.