Work & commute · Collinsville

Work & commute in Collinsville, IL

Most working residents leave Collinsville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), Collinsville (10%) and Edwardsville (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,140 of 16,909 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,769 Collinsville residents head out of town to work, 2,140 work right here, and 10,722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collinsville.

14,769live here, work elsewhere

2,140live and work here

10,722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collinsville goes to work

St. Louis, MO14.9 mi away

12%2,082

Collinsville2 mi away

10%1,652

Edwardsville6.3 mi away

7%1,169

Belleville12.7 mi away

4%739

Granite City8 mi away

3%538

Maryville2.2 mi away

3%481

O'Fallon7.8 mi away

3%447

Fairview Heights7.3 mi away

3%433

Alton16.8 mi away

2%325

Chicago248.3 mi away

2%291

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%8,752

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

How far

How far Collinsville commutes

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

38%

15%

38%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Collinsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Collinsville are

12,862 jobs are based in Collinsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Collinsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Collinsville

12,862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Collinsville residents hold

16,909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Collinsville, 2013 → 2023: 12,956 → 12,862. 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.