Work & commute · Helvetia

Work & commute in Helvetia, IL

Most working residents leave Helvetia for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Highland (21%), St. Louis (7%) and Edwardsville (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

494 of 3,912 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,418 Helvetia residents head out of town to work, 494 work right here, and 2,274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helvetia.

3,418live here, work elsewhere

494live and work here

2,274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helvetia goes to work

Highland5 mi away

21%836

St. Louis, MO32.3 mi away

7%281

Edwardsville19.2 mi away

4%171

Belleville22.4 mi away

3%131

Troy13.1 mi away

2%94

O'Fallon15.9 mi away

2%93

Collinsville19.2 mi away

2%90

Maryville16.9 mi away

2%83

Saline5.5 mi away

2%82

Granite City25.6 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,977

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

How far

How far Helvetia commutes

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

28%

32%

25%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helvetia 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 Helvetia are

2,768 jobs are based in Helvetia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Helvetia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Helvetia

2,768 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Helvetia residents hold

3,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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Jobs based in Helvetia, 2013 → 2023: 2,776 → 2,768. 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.