Work & commute · Colp

Work & commute in Colp, IL

Most working residents leave Colp for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (25%), Carbondale (13%) and Crainville (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 56 Colp residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colp.

56live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colp goes to work

Marion9 mi away

25%14

Carbondale9.9 mi away

13%7

Crainville3.8 mi away

4%2

West Frankfort10.3 mi away

4%2

Carterville3.1 mi away

4%2

Murphysboro14.1 mi away

4%2

Herrin2.7 mi away

4%2

Chicago288.1 mi away

4%2

Riverwoods308.1 mi away

2%1

Shelbyville111.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%21

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

How far

How far Colp commutes

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

48%

16%

34%

48%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colp is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colp are

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

Jobs based in Colp

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Colp residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+24%

Jobs based in Colp, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 46. 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.