Work & commute · Collinsville

Work & commute in Collinsville, IL

Most working residents leave Collinsville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), Edwardsville (7%) and Belleville (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,232 of 11,809 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,577 Collinsville residents head out of town to work, 1,232 work right here, and 7,766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collinsville.

10,577live here, work elsewhere

1,232live and work here

7,766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collinsville goes to work

St. Louis, MO13.2 mi away

12%1,459

Collinsville (in town)right here

10%1,232

Edwardsville7.8 mi away

7%780

Belleville11.3 mi away

5%584

Fairview Heights5.7 mi away

3%385

Granite City7.3 mi away

3%361

O'Fallon7.3 mi away

3%333

Maryville4.2 mi away

2%255

Alton17.4 mi away

2%214

Chicago250.2 mi away

2%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%6,016

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.

40%

37%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%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

8,998 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

8,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Collinsville residents hold

11,809 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−9%

Jobs based in Collinsville, 2013 → 2023: 9,927 → 8,998. 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.