Work & commute · English

Work & commute in English, IL

Most working residents leave English for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jerseyville (14%), Alton (9%) and East Alton (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 212 English residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in English.

212live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where English goes to work

Jerseyville5.4 mi away

14%30

Alton21.9 mi away

9%19

East Alton24.4 mi away

7%14

Godfrey16.8 mi away

3%7

Grafton11.3 mi away

2%5

Springfield61.3 mi away

2%5

St. Louis, MO36.1 mi away

2%5

Carrollton10.8 mi away

2%4

Bethalto26.1 mi away

2%4

Brentwood, MO36.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%117

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

How far

How far English commutes

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

21%

30%

31%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

English is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in English are

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

Jobs based in English

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs English residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+109%

Jobs based in English, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 23. 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.