Work & commute · Alhambra

Work & commute in Alhambra, IL

Most working residents leave Alhambra for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Highland (9%), Edwardsville (8%) and St. Louis (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 618 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 596 Alhambra residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alhambra.

596live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alhambra goes to work

Highland8.5 mi away

9%55

Edwardsville13.9 mi away

8%50

St. Louis, MO31.2 mi away

8%47

Alhambra1.2 mi away

3%19

Maryville15.3 mi away

3%17

Collinsville19.3 mi away

3%17

Chicago231.6 mi away

3%16

Granite City22.4 mi away

2%15

Springfield63.2 mi away

2%14

Staunton9.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%356

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alhambra commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

13%

45%

26%

16%

13%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alhambra is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alhambra are

256 jobs are based in Alhambra. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alhambra’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alhambra

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Alhambra residents hold

618 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−2%

Jobs based in Alhambra, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 256. 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.