Jobs, income and commuting in New Bedford, IL
A typical one-way commute from New Bedford lasts 35 minutes (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois. Hardly any work in New Bedford itself; outside it, Sterling draws the most (7%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in New Bedford, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.74 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of New Bedford to work: where people go
Where New Bedford clocks in
7% 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.
What New Bedford’s employers do
20 jobs are based in New Bedford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Bedford, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Bedford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from New Bedford: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Bedford workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from New Bedford
About 37% 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 New Bedford: questions
What is the median household income in New Bedford?
$42,500 (±$28,619) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Bedford?
9.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Bedford?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Bedford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sterling (7%, 20 mi), Chicago (7%, 107 mi), Bradford (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Bedford without a car?
0% 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 New Bedford, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Bedford
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.