Work & commute · Beaucoup

Work & commute in Beaucoup, IL

Most working residents leave Beaucoup for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Nashville (24%), Mount Vernon (10%) and Centralia (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

29 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 257 Beaucoup residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 1,726 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaucoup.

257live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

1,726work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaucoup goes to work

Nashville4.1 mi away

24%69

Mount Vernon21.7 mi away

10%30

Centralia16 mi away

3%8

Okawville13.9 mi away

2%7

Belleville38.3 mi away

2%7

St. Louis, MO54 mi away

2%7

Hoyleton7.2 mi away

2%6

Nashville5.9 mi away

2%6

Edwardsville47.5 mi away

2%5

Springfield101.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%137

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

How far

How far Beaucoup commutes

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

32%

28%

18%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaucoup is a job hub

6.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaucoup are

1,755 jobs are based in Beaucoup. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaucoup’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beaucoup

1,755 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Beaucoup residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+51%

Jobs based in Beaucoup, 2013 → 2023: 1,161 → 1,755. 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.