Work & commute · Beckemeyer

Work & commute in Beckemeyer, IL

Most working residents leave Beckemeyer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Breese (19%), St. Louis (6%) and Breese (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 483 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 478 Beckemeyer residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beckemeyer.

478live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beckemeyer goes to work

Breese5 mi away

19%93

St. Louis, MO43.9 mi away

6%30

Breese5.7 mi away

4%21

Carlyle3.3 mi away

4%20

Belleville30.8 mi away

4%18

Highland17.8 mi away

3%16

Chicago241.5 mi away

3%14

Trenton13.7 mi away

2%12

New Baden15.6 mi away

2%9

Nashville18.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%242

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

How far

How far Beckemeyer commutes

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

37%

19%

28%

15%

37%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beckemeyer is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beckemeyer are

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

Jobs based in Beckemeyer

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Beckemeyer residents hold

483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+174%

Jobs based in Beckemeyer, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 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.