Work & commute · Edwardsville

Work & commute in Edwardsville, IL

Most working residents leave Edwardsville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (10%), Edwardsville (3%) and Glen Carbon (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,888 of 10,832 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,944 Edwardsville residents head out of town to work, 1,888 work right here, and 18,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwardsville.

8,944live here, work elsewhere

1,888live and work here

18,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwardsville goes to work

Edwardsville (in town)right here

17%1,888

St. Louis, MO17.5 mi away

10%1,084

Edwardsville0.2 mi away

3%343

Glen Carbon2.3 mi away

3%341

Granite City8.5 mi away

3%297

Belleville19 mi away

3%274

Alton11.7 mi away

2%270

Collinsville7.8 mi away

2%268

Chicago242.9 mi away

2%236

Maryville4.5 mi away

2%223

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%5,608

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.

36%

12%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwardsville is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwardsville are

20,468 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

20,468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Edwardsville residents hold

10,832 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+47%

Jobs based in Edwardsville, 2013 → 2023: 13,878 → 20,468. 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.