Work & commute · Meridian

Work & commute in Meridian, IL

Most working residents leave Meridian for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Centralia (13%), Carlyle (7%) and Nashville (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 240 Meridian residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meridian.

240live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meridian goes to work

Centralia7.3 mi away

13%31

Carlyle9.4 mi away

7%18

Nashville20.8 mi away

4%9

Belleville43.1 mi away

4%9

Mount Vernon25.5 mi away

3%8

St. Louis, MO56.3 mi away

3%8

Breese17.4 mi away

2%6

Greenville21.8 mi away

2%6

Chicago237 mi away

2%6

Meridian (in town)right here

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%139

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

How far

How far Meridian commutes

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

30%

22%

21%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meridian is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meridian are

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

Jobs based in Meridian

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Meridian residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+16%

Jobs based in Meridian, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 37. 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.