Work & commute · Jonesboro

Work & commute in Jonesboro, IL

Most working residents leave Jonesboro for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Anna (20%), Carbondale (9%) and Marion (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 704 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 664 Jonesboro residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 368 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jonesboro.

664live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

368work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jonesboro goes to work

Anna1.7 mi away

20%144

Carbondale18.9 mi away

9%60

Jonesboro (in town)right here

6%40

Marion26.5 mi away

4%26

Cape Girardeau, MO18.8 mi away

4%26

Murphysboro22.1 mi away

2%16

Cobden5.7 mi away

2%15

Chester44.9 mi away

2%11

Mount Vernon62.6 mi away

1%9

Chicago314.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%348

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

How far

How far Jonesboro commutes

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

39%

22%

16%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jonesboro is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jonesboro are

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

Jobs based in Jonesboro

408 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Jonesboro residents hold

704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Jonesboro, 2013 → 2023: 409 → 408. 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.