Hartsburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. There are 20 jobs in Hartsburg, against 101 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hartsburg for work; outside it, Lincoln is the main destination (18%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Hartsburg
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Hartsburg on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Hartsburg goes to work
Where Hartsburg clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
80% of the jobs in Hartsburg pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartsburg, 2014 → 2024: 50 → 20. 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 Hartsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 1% 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.
How far Hartsburg’s workers travel
About 20% 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 Hartsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Hartsburg?
$73,529 (±$20,056) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartsburg?
9.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartsburg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (18%, 8 mi), Springfield (12%, 34 mi), Orvil Township (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hartsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hartsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartsburg
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.