Work & commute · Lively Grove

Work & commute in Lively Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Lively Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Nashville (18%), Mount Vernon (8%) and Okawville (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 232 Lively Grove residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lively Grove.

232live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lively Grove goes to work

Nashville15.2 mi away

18%43

Mount Vernon39.9 mi away

8%20

Okawville13.2 mi away

3%8

Centralia33.7 mi away

3%8

St. Louis, MO41.3 mi away

3%7

Lively Grove (in town)right here

3%7

Pinckneyville21.3 mi away

3%6

Belleville25.5 mi away

3%6

Hoyleton22.4 mi away

3%6

Hoyleton24.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%123

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

How far

How far Lively Grove commutes

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

10%

35%

41%

14%

10%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lively Grove is a job hub

3.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lively Grove are

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

Jobs based in Lively Grove

804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities98%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month1%

Over $3,333 a month97%

Jobs Lively Grove residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+45%

Jobs based in Lively Grove, 2013 → 2023: 553 → 804. 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.