Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, IL

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (15%), Granite City (10%) and Edwardsville (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,261 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,194 Madison residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 1,864 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

1,194live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

1,864work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

St. Louis, MO8.5 mi away

15%189

Granite City3.2 mi away

10%128

Edwardsville9.5 mi away

7%91

Madison (in town)right here

5%67

Belleville13.2 mi away

3%37

East St. Louis5.1 mi away

3%36

O'Fallon11.7 mi away

3%34

Chicago252.2 mi away

2%31

Collinsville5.2 mi away

2%26

Pontoon Beach3.7 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%597

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

50%

29%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

1,931 jobs are based in Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison

1,931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Madison residents hold

1,261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+31%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 1,476 → 1,931. 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.