Work & commute · Canteen

Work & commute in Canteen, IL

Most working residents leave Canteen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Edwardsville (5%) and Collinsville (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 2,800 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,650 Canteen residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 2,643 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canteen.

2,650live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

2,643work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canteen goes to work

St. Louis, MO9 mi away

13%353

Edwardsville11.9 mi away

5%143

Collinsville4.9 mi away

5%132

Belleville9.5 mi away

5%126

East St. Louis3.1 mi away

4%106

Fairview Heights4.8 mi away

4%98

Granite City7 mi away

3%82

Caseyville2.4 mi away

3%70

Chicago254.7 mi away

2%65

O'Fallon9.1 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,566

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

How far

How far Canteen commutes

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

47%

29%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canteen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Canteen are

2,793 jobs are based in Canteen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canteen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canteen

2,793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Canteen residents hold

2,800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−5%

Jobs based in Canteen, 2013 → 2023: 2,926 → 2,793. 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.