Work & commute · Dupo

Work & commute in Dupo, IL

Most working residents leave Dupo for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (12%), Columbia (5%) and Belleville (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

136 of 1,875 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,739 Dupo residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dupo.

1,739live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

960work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dupo goes to work

St. Louis, MO8.4 mi away

12%225

Dupo (in town)right here

7%136

Columbia4 mi away

5%99

Belleville12.2 mi away

4%74

Cahokia Heights5.1 mi away

4%66

Sauget6 mi away

2%43

Waterloo12.6 mi away

2%38

Chicago265.5 mi away

2%36

Maryland Heights, MO19.5 mi away

2%35

O'Fallon17.3 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,092

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

How far

How far Dupo commutes

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

45%

35%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dupo is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dupo are

1,096 jobs are based in Dupo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dupo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dupo

1,096 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Dupo residents hold

1,875 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+40%

Jobs based in Dupo, 2013 → 2023: 781 → 1,096. 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.