Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, IL

Most working residents leave Lebanon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (9%), O'Fallon (8%) and Belleville (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 1,849 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,698 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

1,698live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

1,052work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

St. Louis, MO23.6 mi away

9%173

O'Fallon5.7 mi away

8%155

Lebanon (in town)right here

8%151

Belleville11.4 mi away

7%127

Chicago250.1 mi away

3%49

Fairview Heights10.6 mi away

3%48

Highland13.5 mi away

2%46

Mascoutah5.7 mi away

2%44

Edwardsville16.3 mi away

2%41

Shiloh6.6 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%975

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

31%

36%

16%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

1,203 jobs are based in Lebanon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lebanon

1,203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

1,849 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−21%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 1,532 → 1,203. 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.