Work & commute · Cave

Work & commute in Cave, IL

Most working residents leave Cave for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (11%), Mount Vernon (11%) and Marion (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 664 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 636 Cave residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cave.

636live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cave goes to work

Benton11.3 mi away

11%70

Mount Vernon29.2 mi away

11%70

Marion15.9 mi away

10%69

Carbondale28.7 mi away

4%29

West Frankfort9.6 mi away

4%26

Eastern5.5 mi away

3%23

Springfield138.4 mi away

3%22

Cave (in town)right here

2%15

Thompsonville0.6 mi away

2%13

Herrin17 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%314

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

How far

How far Cave commutes

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

18%

38%

21%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cave is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cave are

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

Jobs based in Cave

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Cave residents hold

664 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−11%

Jobs based in Cave, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 208. 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.