Work & commute · Irishtown

Work & commute in Irishtown, IL

Most working residents leave Irishtown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carlyle (12%), Greenville (7%) and Breese (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 467 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 458 Irishtown residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irishtown.

458live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irishtown goes to work

Carlyle5.9 mi away

12%58

Greenville14.1 mi away

7%33

Breese12.7 mi away

4%20

Highland20.9 mi away

4%17

St. Louis, MO50.5 mi away

3%16

Centralia15.5 mi away

3%13

Belleville38.7 mi away

3%13

Nashville24.4 mi away

2%11

St. Rose13.1 mi away

1%7

Mount Vernon33.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%272

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

How far

How far Irishtown commutes

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

16%

33%

27%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irishtown is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irishtown are

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

Jobs based in Irishtown

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Irishtown residents hold

467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−56%

Jobs based in Irishtown, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 53. 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.