Work & commute · Denning

Work & commute in Denning, IL

Most working residents leave Denning for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (16%), West Frankfort (14%) and Mount Vernon (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

220 of 1,794 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,574 Denning residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 1,546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denning.

1,574live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

1,546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denning goes to work

Marion12.4 mi away

16%280

West Frankfort3.1 mi away

14%244

Mount Vernon28.2 mi away

9%157

Benton8 mi away

5%86

Herrin8.1 mi away

5%86

Carbondale18.4 mi away

5%81

Denning (in town)right here

4%72

Harrisburg26.8 mi away

2%41

Springfield134.7 mi away

2%30

Frankfort6.6 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%696

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

How far

How far Denning commutes

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

37%

30%

15%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denning is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Denning are

1,766 jobs are based in Denning. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Denning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Denning

1,766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Denning residents hold

1,794 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in Denning, 2013 → 2023: 1,851 → 1,766. 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.