Work & commute · Christopher

Work & commute in Christopher, IL

Most working residents leave Christopher for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (12%), Marion (8%) and Benton (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 1,038 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 952 Christopher residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Christopher.

952live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Christopher goes to work

Mount Vernon24.8 mi away

12%126

Christopher (in town)right here

8%86

Marion17.4 mi away

8%84

Benton7.9 mi away

7%69

Carbondale19.6 mi away

6%67

Herrin12 mi away

3%35

Tyrone2.5 mi away

3%31

West Frankfort8.3 mi away

3%30

Du Quoin10 mi away

3%26

Carterville14.5 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%466

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

How far

How far Christopher commutes

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

30%

38%

15%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Christopher is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Christopher are

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

Jobs based in Christopher

376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Christopher residents hold

1,038 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−34%

Jobs based in Christopher, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 376. 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.