Work & commute · Creal Springs

Work & commute in Creal Springs, IL

Most working residents leave Creal Springs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (33%), Harrisburg (4%) and Carbondale (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 202 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 202 Creal Springs residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Creal Springs.

202live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Creal Springs goes to work

Marion9.7 mi away

33%66

Harrisburg17.9 mi away

4%9

Carbondale22.3 mi away

4%9

Herrin16.2 mi away

3%7

Mount Vernon48.2 mi away

2%4

Springfield156.2 mi away

2%4

Eldorado25.4 mi away

1%3

Edwardsville102.2 mi away

1%3

Muddy20.4 mi away

1%2

Anna24.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%93

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

How far

How far Creal Springs commutes

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

22%

44%

11%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Creal Springs is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Creal Springs are

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

Jobs based in Creal Springs

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Creal Springs residents hold

202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−36%

Jobs based in Creal Springs, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 14. 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.