Work & commute · Bunker Hill

Work & commute in Bunker Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Bunker Hill for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Bunker Hill (8%), Alton (7%) and Edwardsville (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

157 of 1,411 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,254 Bunker Hill residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bunker Hill.

1,254live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bunker Hill goes to work

Bunker Hill1.9 mi away

8%110

Alton12.4 mi away

7%93

Edwardsville16.3 mi away

6%80

St. Louis, MO30.5 mi away

4%63

Bunker Hill (in town)right here

3%47

East Alton12 mi away

3%45

Springfield55.8 mi away

3%42

Wood River12.4 mi away

3%39

Bethalto9.3 mi away

3%36

Godfrey13.9 mi away

3%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%820

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

How far

How far Bunker Hill commutes

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

18%

40%

22%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bunker Hill is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bunker Hill are

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

Jobs based in Bunker Hill

494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Bunker Hill residents hold

1,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+21%

Jobs based in Bunker Hill, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 494. 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.