Work & commute · Anna

Work & commute in Anna, IL

About one in 4 of Anna’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (9%), Marion (5%) and Jonesboro (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

431 of 1,565 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,134 Anna residents head out of town to work, 431 work right here, and 2,065 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anna.

1,134live here, work elsewhere

431live and work here

2,065work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anna goes to work

Anna (in town)right here

28%431

Carbondale18 mi away

9%137

Marion24.9 mi away

5%84

Jonesboro1.7 mi away

3%46

Cape Girardeau, MO20.5 mi away

2%35

Murphysboro21.8 mi away

2%33

Cobden5.1 mi away

2%30

Springfield162.5 mi away

2%28

Chicago313.4 mi away

2%24

Mount Vernon61.5 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%696

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

How far

How far Anna commutes

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

43%

23%

11%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anna is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Anna are

2,496 jobs are based in Anna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anna

2,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Anna residents hold

1,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+11%

Jobs based in Anna, 2013 → 2023: 2,248 → 2,496. 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.