Work & commute · Alto Pass

Work & commute in Alto Pass, IL

Most working residents leave Alto Pass for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Anna (10%), Carbondale (10%) and Murphysboro (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 123 Alto Pass residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alto Pass.

123live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alto Pass goes to work

Anna9 mi away

10%13

Carbondale11.5 mi away

10%13

Murphysboro13.4 mi away

6%7

Jonesboro9 mi away

5%6

Marion23.5 mi away

3%4

Cape Girardeau, MO22.5 mi away

2%3

Dongola17.2 mi away

2%2

Alto Pass (in town)right here

2%2

Fairfield76 mi away

2%2

Carterville18.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%71

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

How far

How far Alto Pass commutes

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

41%

32%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alto Pass is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alto Pass are

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

Jobs based in Alto Pass

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Alto Pass residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−78%

Jobs based in Alto Pass, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 33. 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.