Work & commute · Energy

Work & commute in Energy, IL

Most working residents leave Energy for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (26%), Herrin (17%) and Carbondale (10%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 340 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 336 Energy residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Energy.

336live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Energy goes to work

Marion5.2 mi away

26%88

Herrin2 mi away

17%58

Carbondale11.4 mi away

10%35

Murphysboro16.9 mi away

4%14

Mount Vernon38 mi away

4%12

Carterville3.3 mi away

3%11

Cambria5.2 mi away

2%8

Harrisburg26.2 mi away

2%6

Energy (in town)right here

1%4

Crainville2.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%100

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

How far

How far Energy commutes

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

61%

16%

10%

13%

61%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Energy is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Energy are

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

Jobs based in Energy

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Energy residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−20%

Jobs based in Energy, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 240. 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.