Work & commute · Frankfort

Work & commute in Frankfort, IL

Most working residents leave Frankfort for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (16%), West Frankfort (13%) and Mount Vernon (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

171 of 2,441 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,270 Frankfort residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 828 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankfort.

2,270live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

828work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankfort goes to work

Marion12.6 mi away

16%388

West Frankfort3.6 mi away

13%310

Mount Vernon28.3 mi away

8%199

Benton7.9 mi away

6%140

Carbondale23.4 mi away

5%119

Herrin11.7 mi away

5%110

Denning6.6 mi away

4%100

Springfield136.8 mi away

2%44

Harrisburg20.9 mi away

1%35

Eastern8.1 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%964

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

How far

How far Frankfort commutes

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

32%

34%

15%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankfort is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankfort are

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

Jobs based in Frankfort

999 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Frankfort residents hold

2,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Frankfort, 2013 → 2023: 970 → 999. 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.