Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Cave-In-Rock
Only 1% stay in Cave-In-Rock for work; outside it, Marion is the main destination (7%, 46 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; the Illinois average is 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Cave-In-Rock
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Cave-In-Rock on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Cave-In-Rock goes to work
Where Cave-In-Rock clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Cave-In-Rock
52 jobs are based in Cave-In-Rock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cave-In-Rock, 2014 → 2024: 48 → 52. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cave-In-Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cave-In-Rock workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Cave-In-Rock to work
About 36% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cave-In-Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Cave-In-Rock?
$29,250 (±$9,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cave-In-Rock?
27.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cave-In-Rock?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cave-In-Rock work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (7%, 46 mi), Springfield (6%, 179 mi), Harrisburg (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cave-In-Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cave-In-Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cave-In-Rock
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.