Work & commute · Fountain Bluff

Work & commute in Fountain Bluff, IL

Most working residents leave Fountain Bluff for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (19%), Murphysboro (7%) and Steeleville (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 74 Fountain Bluff residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fountain Bluff.

74live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fountain Bluff goes to work

Carbondale18.5 mi away

19%14

Murphysboro12.6 mi away

7%5

Steeleville18.9 mi away

5%4

Herrin29.2 mi away

5%4

Marion33.9 mi away

4%3

Bradley11.5 mi away

4%3

Degognia5.8 mi away

4%3

Pinckneyville26.7 mi away

3%2

Chester19.1 mi away

3%2

Springfield141.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%32

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

How far

How far Fountain Bluff commutes

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

47%

22%

9%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fountain Bluff is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fountain Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Fountain Bluff

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Fountain Bluff residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−56%

Jobs based in Fountain Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 4. 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.