Work & commute · Freeburg

Work & commute in Freeburg, IL

Most working residents leave Freeburg for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (17%), Freeburg (10%) and St. Louis (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

250 of 2,425 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,175 Freeburg residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 1,618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeburg.

2,175live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

1,618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeburg goes to work

Belleville8.6 mi away

17%414

Freeburg2.9 mi away

10%244

St. Louis, MO24.6 mi away

9%213

O'Fallon11.3 mi away

4%88

Swansea10.1 mi away

2%57

Smithton7.2 mi away

2%51

Fairview Heights13.1 mi away

2%48

Mascoutah6.2 mi away

2%43

Chicago261.2 mi away

2%39

Collinsville18.1 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,193

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

How far

How far Freeburg commutes

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

36%

34%

17%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeburg are

1,868 jobs are based in Freeburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freeburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Freeburg

1,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Freeburg residents hold

2,425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+27%

Jobs based in Freeburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,475 → 1,868. 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.