Work & commute · Elkville

Work & commute in Elkville, IL

Most working residents leave Elkville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (24%), Murphysboro (9%) and Marion (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 293 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 289 Elkville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkville.

289live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkville goes to work

Carbondale13 mi away

24%70

Murphysboro11.1 mi away

9%25

Marion20.2 mi away

8%22

Du Quoin6.4 mi away

4%12

Herrin13.6 mi away

3%10

Springfield131.8 mi away

3%8

De Soto6.5 mi away

2%7

Mount Vernon32.9 mi away

2%6

Nashville31.2 mi away

2%5

Elkville (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%124

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

How far

How far Elkville commutes

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

16%

53%

12%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkville is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkville are

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

Jobs based in Elkville

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Elkville residents hold

293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−5%

Jobs based in Elkville, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 105. 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.