Work & commute · Carbon Hill

Work & commute in Carbon Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Carbon Hill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Coal City (9%) and Morris (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 182 Carbon Hill residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carbon Hill.

182live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carbon Hill goes to work

Chicago49 mi away

13%23

Coal City1.6 mi away

9%17

Morris8.6 mi away

7%13

Joliet17.1 mi away

7%13

New Lenox22.5 mi away

3%5

Kankakee26.4 mi away

3%5

Goose Lake4.7 mi away

3%5

Crest Hill21.5 mi away

2%3

Wilmington7.4 mi away

2%3

Channahon8.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%92

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

How far

How far Carbon Hill commutes

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

27%

21%

32%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carbon Hill is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carbon Hill are

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

Jobs based in Carbon Hill

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Carbon Hill residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+210%

Jobs based in Carbon Hill, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 31. 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.