Work & commute · Edwardsville

Work & commute in Edwardsville, IL

About one in 5 of Edwardsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (17%), St. Louis (11%) and Glen Carbon (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

3,471 of 16,457 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,986 Edwardsville residents head out of town to work, 3,471 work right here, and 15,954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwardsville.

12,986live here, work elsewhere

3,471live and work here

15,954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwardsville goes to work

Edwardsville0.2 mi away

17%2,718

St. Louis, MO17.5 mi away

11%1,749

Glen Carbon2.1 mi away

3%575

Edwardsville (in town)right here

3%493

Granite City8.5 mi away

3%484

Belleville18.9 mi away

3%441

Collinsville7.7 mi away

3%421

Alton11.9 mi away

3%420

Maryville4.3 mi away

2%339

Springfield71.6 mi away

2%332

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%8,485

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

How far

How far Edwardsville commutes

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

35%

37%

12%

16%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwardsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwardsville are

19,425 jobs are based in Edwardsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edwardsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edwardsville

19,425 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Edwardsville residents hold

16,457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+28%

Jobs based in Edwardsville, 2013 → 2023: 15,163 → 19,425. 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.