Work & commute · Godfrey

Work & commute in Godfrey, IL

Most working residents leave Godfrey for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Alton (18%), St. Louis (7%) and Edwardsville (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

554 of 7,773 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,219 Godfrey residents head out of town to work, 554 work right here, and 2,839 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Godfrey.

7,219live here, work elsewhere

554live and work here

2,839work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Godfrey goes to work

Alton5.1 mi away

18%1,376

Godfrey (in town)right here

7%554

St. Louis, MO21.9 mi away

7%516

Edwardsville16.8 mi away

6%448

East Alton7.7 mi away

3%225

Granite City16.3 mi away

2%183

Chicago239.9 mi away

2%153

Springfield65.6 mi away

2%139

Wood River9.9 mi away

2%134

Belleville32.6 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,922

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

How far

How far Godfrey commutes

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

34%

36%

14%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Godfrey is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Godfrey are

3,393 jobs are based in Godfrey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Godfrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Godfrey

3,393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Godfrey residents hold

7,773 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Godfrey, 2013 → 2023: 3,517 → 3,393. 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.