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Work & commute · De Soto

Work & commute in De Soto, IL

Most working residents leave De Soto for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (25%), Marion (8%) and Murphysboro (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
29 of 862 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 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 833 De Soto residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Soto.

833live here, work elsewhere
29live and work here
211work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where De Soto goes to work

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1
Carbondale6.6 mi away
25%216
2
Marion15 mi away
8%72
3
Murphysboro8.2 mi away
6%53
4
Du Quoin13.1 mi away
5%40
5
Herrin9.1 mi away
4%34
6
De Soto1.7 mi away
2%21
7
Mount Vernon37.7 mi away
2%19
8
Springfield138.6 mi away
2%18
9
Elkville6.9 mi away
2%16
10
Nashville38.1 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%363

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

How far

How far De Soto commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

De Soto is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Soto are

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

Jobs based in De Soto

240 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs De Soto residents hold

862 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−42%

Jobs based in De Soto, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 240. 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.

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