Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Cedarville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). There are 72 jobs in Cedarville; 340 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Cedarville; the top destination outside it is Freeport (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cedarville, in a few figures
Cedarville and Freeport trade workers both ways
Freeport is the top workplace for Cedarville residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Cedarville come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cedarville is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Cedarville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cedarville has about 380 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cedarville are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 340 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Cedarville work
Where Cedarville clocks in
25% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in Cedarville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Cedarville on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedarville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 commuters (the 11% 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.
Most jobs in Cedarville are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedarville, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 72. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedarville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cedarville
About 25% 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 2023.
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 2023, 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 Cedarville: questions
What is the median household income in Cedarville?
$67,569 (±$8,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedarville?
10.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedarville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedarville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Freeport (25%, 6 mi), Monroe (10%, 16 mi), Rockford (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedarville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedarville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedarville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.