Work & commute · Jerseyville

Work & commute in Jerseyville, IL

About one in 5 of Jerseyville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Alton (7%), Jersey (4%) and St. Louis (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

767 of 3,429 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,662 Jerseyville residents head out of town to work, 767 work right here, and 2,094 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jerseyville.

2,662live here, work elsewhere

767live and work here

2,094work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jerseyville goes to work

Jerseyville (in town)right here

22%767

Alton17.5 mi away

7%249

Jersey2.4 mi away

4%142

St. Louis, MO33.6 mi away

4%122

Edwardsville29 mi away

3%117

Springfield59.1 mi away

2%72

Granite City28.9 mi away

2%71

East Alton19.9 mi away

2%69

Godfrey12.7 mi away

2%65

Chicago233.6 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,691

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

How far

How far Jerseyville commutes

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

29%

24%

30%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jerseyville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jerseyville are

2,861 jobs are based in Jerseyville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jerseyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jerseyville

2,861 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Jerseyville residents hold

3,429 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 month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−7%

Jobs based in Jerseyville, 2013 → 2023: 3,075 → 2,861. 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.