Work & commute · Golconda

Work & commute in Golconda, IL

Most working residents leave Golconda for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (16%), Metropolis (5%) and Springfield (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 211 Golconda residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golconda.

211live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golconda goes to work

Paducah, KY21.9 mi away

16%37

Golconda (in town)right here

6%14

Metropolis18.4 mi away

5%11

Springfield179.1 mi away

3%7

Marion35.8 mi away

3%6

Eldorado31.2 mi away

2%4

Vienna22.2 mi away

2%4

Harrisburg26.2 mi away

2%4

Carbondale47.4 mi away

2%4

Chicago312.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%130

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

How far

How far Golconda commutes

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

15%

35%

20%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golconda is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Golconda are

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

Jobs based in Golconda

376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Golconda residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+21%

Jobs based in Golconda, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 376. 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.