Work & commute · Cottage

Work & commute in Cottage, IL

Most working residents leave Cottage for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (21%), Eldorado (8%) and Marion (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 105 Cottage residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottage.

105live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottage goes to work

Harrisburg6.3 mi away

21%22

Eldorado5.4 mi away

8%9

Marion27.8 mi away

7%7

Mount Vernon48 mi away

6%6

Independence8.9 mi away

6%6

Carbondale43.3 mi away

4%4

Carrier Mills11.2 mi away

3%3

Herrin33 mi away

3%3

Paducah, KY47.3 mi away

3%3

Norris City17.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%42

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

How far

How far Cottage commutes

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

37%

10%

28%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottage is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottage are

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

Jobs based in Cottage

167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cottage residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−53%

Jobs based in Cottage, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 167. 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.