Work & commute · Du Quoin

Work & commute in Du Quoin, IL

About one in 5 of Du Quoin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (8%), Mount Vernon (6%) and Pinckneyville (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

445 of 2,114 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,669 Du Quoin residents head out of town to work, 445 work right here, and 1,475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Du Quoin.

1,669live here, work elsewhere

445live and work here

1,475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Du Quoin goes to work

Du Quoin (in town)right here

21%445

Carbondale19.3 mi away

8%170

Mount Vernon27.6 mi away

6%137

Pinckneyville7.8 mi away

5%104

Marion24.4 mi away

4%94

Murphysboro17.1 mi away

3%73

Nashville25.2 mi away

3%63

Steeleville23.4 mi away

2%47

Springfield125.6 mi away

2%44

Herrin17.9 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%894

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

How far

How far Du Quoin commutes

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

29%

30%

19%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Du Quoin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Du Quoin are

1,920 jobs are based in Du Quoin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Du Quoin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Du Quoin

1,920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Du Quoin residents hold

2,114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−2%

Jobs based in Du Quoin, 2013 → 2023: 1,969 → 1,920. 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.