Work & commute · Bald Hill

Work & commute in Bald Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Bald Hill for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (38%), Waltonville (3%) and Nashville (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 341 Bald Hill residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bald Hill.

341live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bald Hill goes to work

Mount Vernon13.8 mi away

38%135

Waltonville4.5 mi away

3%11

Nashville20.2 mi away

3%11

Carbondale31.7 mi away

2%8

St. Louis, MO70.2 mi away

2%7

Ina10.3 mi away

2%6

Centralia24.4 mi away

2%6

Marion31.1 mi away

2%6

Woodlawn11.4 mi away

1%5

Casner11.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%151

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

How far

How far Bald Hill commutes

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

16%

47%

15%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bald Hill is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bald Hill are

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

Jobs based in Bald Hill

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bald Hill residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+507%

Jobs based in Bald Hill, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 85. 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.