Work & commute · Makanda

Work & commute in Makanda, IL

Most working residents leave Makanda for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (39%), Marion (8%) and Murphysboro (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,463 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,417 Makanda residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Makanda.

1,417live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Makanda goes to work

Carbondale5.9 mi away

39%568

Marion16.2 mi away

8%117

Murphysboro11.2 mi away

4%63

Carbondale6.4 mi away

3%46

Makanda (in town)right here

3%41

Herrin14.8 mi away

3%37

Springfield150.6 mi away

2%32

Anna12.3 mi away

2%27

Carterville11.1 mi away

2%23

Harrisburg37 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%487

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

How far

How far Makanda commutes

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

50%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Makanda is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Makanda are

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

Jobs based in Makanda

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Makanda residents hold

1,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−54%

Jobs based in Makanda, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 206. 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.