Work & commute · Bethalto

Work & commute in Bethalto, IL

Most working residents leave Bethalto for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (10%), Alton (9%) and St. Louis (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

356 of 4,232 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,876 Bethalto residents head out of town to work, 356 work right here, and 2,442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethalto.

3,876live here, work elsewhere

356live and work here

2,442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethalto goes to work

Edwardsville8.2 mi away

10%415

Alton5.7 mi away

9%376

Bethalto (in town)right here

8%356

St. Louis, MO21.3 mi away

7%294

East Alton3.6 mi away

4%170

Wood River3.1 mi away

4%159

Granite City12.7 mi away

3%132

Roxana5.5 mi away

2%99

Chicago237.8 mi away

2%75

Collinsville15.6 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,082

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

How far

How far Bethalto commutes

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

44%

30%

11%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethalto is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethalto are

2,798 jobs are based in Bethalto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bethalto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bethalto

2,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bethalto residents hold

4,232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+4%

Jobs based in Bethalto, 2013 → 2023: 2,692 → 2,798. 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.