Work & commute · Cahokia

Work & commute in Cahokia, IL

Most working residents leave Cahokia for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (7%), Litchfield (6%) and Gillespie (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,364 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,339 Cahokia residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cahokia.

1,339live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cahokia goes to work

Springfield45.5 mi away

7%90

Litchfield5.4 mi away

6%88

Gillespie3.6 mi away

6%82

Staunton9 mi away

4%59

Edwardsville27.1 mi away

4%57

Carlinville11.7 mi away

4%52

St. Louis, MO43.6 mi away

3%44

Alton26.8 mi away

3%38

Granite City34.6 mi away

3%36

East Alton25.9 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%786

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

How far

How far Cahokia commutes

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

24%

20%

37%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cahokia is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cahokia are

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

Jobs based in Cahokia

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cahokia residents hold

1,364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−13%

Jobs based in Cahokia, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 194. 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.