Work & commute · Degognia

Work & commute in Degognia, IL

Most working residents leave Degognia for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (20%), Murphysboro (8%) and Murphysboro (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 50 Degognia residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Degognia.

50live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Degognia goes to work

Carbondale23 mi away

20%10

Murphysboro18 mi away

8%4

Murphysboro16.5 mi away

6%3

Marion38 mi away

6%3

Chicago296.8 mi away

4%2

Ora13.2 mi away

4%2

Pomona19 mi away

4%2

Grand Tower13.4 mi away

2%1

Steeleville13.9 mi away

2%1

Crainville31.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%22

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

How far

How far Degognia commutes

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

48%

22%

26%

4%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Degognia is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Degognia are

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

Jobs based in Degognia

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Degognia residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+212%

Jobs based in Degognia, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 128. 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.