Work & commute · Jersey

Work & commute in Jersey, IL

About one in 4 of Jersey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jerseyville (22%), Alton (8%) and St. Louis (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,077 of 4,107 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,030 Jersey residents head out of town to work, 1,077 work right here, and 2,396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jersey.

3,030live here, work elsewhere

1,077live and work here

2,396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jersey goes to work

Jerseyville2.4 mi away

22%905

Alton18.7 mi away

8%309

Jersey (in town)right here

4%172

St. Louis, MO35.5 mi away

4%144

Edwardsville29.9 mi away

3%143

East Alton21 mi away

2%85

Godfrey14.2 mi away

2%84

Springfield56.7 mi away

2%83

Granite City30.5 mi away

2%82

Chicago231.2 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,022

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

How far

How far Jersey commutes

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

28%

24%

30%

18%

28%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jersey is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jersey are

3,473 jobs are based in Jersey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jersey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jersey

3,473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Jersey residents hold

4,107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Jersey, 2013 → 2023: 3,458 → 3,473. 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.