Work & commute · Cobden

Work & commute in Cobden, IL

Most working residents leave Cobden for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Anna (14%), Carbondale (13%) and Marion (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 317 Cobden residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cobden.

317live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cobden goes to work

Anna5.1 mi away

14%47

Carbondale13.2 mi away

13%42

Marion22.1 mi away

8%27

Cobden (in town)right here

3%10

Harrisburg41.3 mi away

2%7

Jonesboro5.7 mi away

2%6

Dongola13.1 mi away

2%5

Chester41.5 mi away

2%5

Chicago308.9 mi away

2%5

Springfield157.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%168

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

How far

How far Cobden commutes

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

32%

35%

12%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cobden is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cobden are

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

Jobs based in Cobden

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Cobden residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Cobden, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 236. 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.