Work & commute · Goode

Work & commute in Goode, IL

Most working residents leave Goode for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (22%), Marion (7%) and Benton (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

111 of 1,027 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 916 Goode residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goode.

916live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goode goes to work

Mount Vernon18.5 mi away

22%221

Marion25.1 mi away

7%70

Goode (in town)right here

6%64

Benton10.2 mi away

6%61

Sesser1.9 mi away

5%47

Carbondale25.9 mi away

3%32

Du Quoin9.7 mi away

2%25

Ina10.9 mi away

2%18

Springfield122 mi away

2%17

Chicago269.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%456

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

How far

How far Goode commutes

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

23%

40%

15%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goode is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goode are

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

Jobs based in Goode

341 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Goode residents hold

1,027 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+5%

Jobs based in Goode, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 341. 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.