Work & commute · Glen Carbon

Work & commute in Glen Carbon, IL

Most working residents leave Glen Carbon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (14%), St. Louis (12%) and Granite City (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

233 of 5,969 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,736 Glen Carbon residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 4,003 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Carbon.

5,736live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

4,003work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Carbon goes to work

Edwardsville2.3 mi away

14%835

St. Louis, MO16.5 mi away

12%721

Glen Carbon (in town)right here

4%233

Granite City7.9 mi away

3%198

Belleville16.8 mi away

3%177

Collinsville5.7 mi away

3%168

Edwardsville2.1 mi away

2%145

Alton13.5 mi away

2%143

Maryville2.3 mi away

2%130

Maryland Heights, MO26.5 mi away

2%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,106

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

How far

How far Glen Carbon commutes

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

33%

40%

12%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Carbon is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Carbon are

4,236 jobs are based in Glen Carbon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Carbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Carbon

4,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Glen Carbon residents hold

5,969 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+11%

Jobs based in Glen Carbon, 2013 → 2023: 3,815 → 4,236. 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.