Work & commute · Marissa

Work & commute in Marissa, IL

Most working residents leave Marissa for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (10%), Marissa (6%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70 of 976 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 906 Marissa residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marissa.

906live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marissa goes to work

Belleville21.5 mi away

10%102

Marissa1 mi away

6%62

St. Louis, MO36.8 mi away

5%51

Mascoutah17.7 mi away

4%39

Freeburg14.8 mi away

3%32

Sparta8.7 mi away

3%26

Lively Grove5.9 mi away

2%22

St. Libory7.2 mi away

2%21

Swansea23.4 mi away

2%20

O'Fallon24.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%581

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

How far

How far Marissa commutes

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

19%

35%

28%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marissa is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marissa are

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

Jobs based in Marissa

498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Marissa residents hold

976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−14%

Jobs based in Marissa, 2013 → 2023: 578 → 498. 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.