Work & commute · Karnak

Work & commute in Karnak, IL

Most working residents leave Karnak for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Anna (7%), Metropolis (7%) and Paducah (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 149 Karnak residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Karnak.

149live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Karnak goes to work

Anna18.4 mi away

7%11

Metropolis18.8 mi away

7%11

Paducah, KY23.9 mi away

6%9

Mound City17.7 mi away

5%8

Marion30.5 mi away

5%7

Carbondale32.5 mi away

5%7

Jonesboro19.3 mi away

4%6

Cairo22.9 mi away

3%5

Karnak (in town)right here

3%4

Cape Girardeau, MO32 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%82

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

How far

How far Karnak commutes

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

52%

16%

29%

3%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Karnak is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Karnak are

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

Jobs based in Karnak

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Karnak residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−85%

Jobs based in Karnak, 2013 → 2023: 454 → 68. 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.