Work & commute · Grand Tower

Work & commute in Grand Tower, IL

Most working residents leave Grand Tower for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (19%), Murphysboro (13%) and Marion (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 162 Grand Tower residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Tower.

162live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Tower goes to work

Carbondale14.5 mi away

19%32

Murphysboro11.2 mi away

13%21

Marion29.7 mi away

5%8

Murphysboro10.4 mi away

4%7

Pomona6.4 mi away

4%6

Steeleville26.9 mi away

2%4

Chester27.2 mi away

2%4

Springfield148.3 mi away

2%4

Bradley18.9 mi away

2%4

Grand Tower1.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%73

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

How far

How far Grand Tower commutes

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

10%

50%

18%

22%

10%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Tower is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Tower are

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

Jobs based in Grand Tower

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities98%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Grand Tower residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Grand Tower, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 66. 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.