Work & commute · Germantown

Work & commute in Germantown, IL

Most working residents leave Germantown for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Breese (9%), St. Louis (7%) and Germantown (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,077 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 990 Germantown residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Germantown.

990live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Germantown goes to work

Breese6.7 mi away

9%98

St. Louis, MO38.9 mi away

7%79

Germantown2.6 mi away

6%67

Belleville24.3 mi away

6%60

Breese6.3 mi away

4%42

Carlyle11.5 mi away

3%34

Highland19.2 mi away

3%27

New Baden9.1 mi away

2%23

Centralia22.6 mi away

2%23

Chicago249.4 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%603

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

How far

How far Germantown commutes

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

33%

24%

28%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Germantown is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Germantown are

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

Jobs based in Germantown

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Germantown residents hold

1,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+49%

Jobs based in Germantown, 2013 → 2023: 280 → 418. 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.