Work & commute · Mill Shoals

Work & commute in Mill Shoals, IL

Most working residents leave Mill Shoals for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Carmi (22%), Mount Vernon (6%) and Enfield (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 210 Mill Shoals residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mill Shoals.

210live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mill Shoals goes to work

Carmi10.7 mi away

22%46

Mount Vernon34.2 mi away

6%12

Enfield7.2 mi away

5%10

Fairfield12.9 mi away

5%10

Patoka, IN40.2 mi away

4%8

Springfield131.3 mi away

3%7

Evansville, IN44.4 mi away

3%7

Burnt Prairie5.5 mi away

3%6

Norris City15.4 mi away

2%5

Grayville17.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%95

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

How far

How far Mill Shoals commutes

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

15%

36%

26%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mill Shoals is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mill Shoals are

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

Jobs based in Mill Shoals

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Mill Shoals residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−44%

Jobs based in Mill Shoals, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 51. 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.