Work & commute · Mascoutah

Work & commute in Mascoutah, IL

Most working residents leave Mascoutah for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (12%), St. Louis (8%) and O'Fallon (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

533 of 3,829 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,296 Mascoutah residents head out of town to work, 533 work right here, and 1,614 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mascoutah.

3,296live here, work elsewhere

533live and work here

1,614work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mascoutah goes to work

Mascoutah (in town)right here

14%533

Belleville10.3 mi away

12%443

St. Louis, MO25.3 mi away

8%302

O'Fallon8.4 mi away

6%219

Fairview Heights12.3 mi away

3%111

Edwardsville21.4 mi away

2%95

Chicago255 mi away

2%95

Scott AFB3.3 mi away

2%83

Freeburg8.3 mi away

1%57

Mascoutah2 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,836

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

How far

How far Mascoutah commutes

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

37%

27%

20%

15%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mascoutah is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mascoutah are

2,147 jobs are based in Mascoutah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mascoutah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mascoutah

2,147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mascoutah residents hold

3,829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+18%

Jobs based in Mascoutah, 2013 → 2023: 1,820 → 2,147. 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.