Work & commute · Carterville

Work & commute in Carterville, IL

Most working residents leave Carterville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (22%), Marion (19%) and Herrin (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

156 of 2,372 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 2,216 Carterville residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 1,117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carterville.

2,216live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

1,117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carterville goes to work

Carbondale8.2 mi away

22%533

Marion8 mi away

19%441

Herrin3.8 mi away

7%163

Carterville (in town)right here

7%156

Cambria2.3 mi away

4%97

Murphysboro13.6 mi away

3%65

Mount Vernon39.1 mi away

2%43

Crainville1.5 mi away

2%39

Springfield143.3 mi away

1%34

Harrisburg29.4 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%768

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

How far

How far Carterville commutes

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

66%

10%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carterville is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carterville are

1,273 jobs are based in Carterville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carterville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carterville

1,273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Carterville residents hold

2,372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−12%

Jobs based in Carterville, 2013 → 2023: 1,453 → 1,273. 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.