Work & commute · Belleville

Work & commute in Belleville, IL

About one in 5 of Belleville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), O'Fallon (5%) and Fairview Heights (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

3,589 of 18,164 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,575 Belleville residents head out of town to work, 3,589 work right here, and 19,470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belleville.

14,575live here, work elsewhere

3,589live and work here

19,470work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belleville goes to work

Belleville (in town)right here

20%3,589

St. Louis, MO16 mi away

12%2,091

O'Fallon7.1 mi away

5%839

Fairview Heights5.6 mi away

4%686

Swansea2.5 mi away

3%571

Edwardsville19 mi away

3%529

Chicago259.7 mi away

2%361

East St. Louis10.3 mi away

2%341

Collinsville11.3 mi away

2%337

Granite City16.4 mi away

2%332

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%8,488

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

How far

How far Belleville commutes

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

43%

33%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belleville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belleville are

23,059 jobs are based in Belleville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belleville

23,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Belleville residents hold

18,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−7%

Jobs based in Belleville, 2013 → 2023: 24,788 → 23,059. 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.