Work & commute · Mississippi

Work & commute in Mississippi, IL

Most working residents leave Mississippi for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jerseyville (11%), Alton (8%) and Elsah (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 757 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 752 Mississippi residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mississippi.

752live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mississippi goes to work

Jerseyville4.8 mi away

11%87

Alton13.1 mi away

8%57

Elsah4.5 mi away

4%32

Godfrey8.1 mi away

4%28

Jersey6.8 mi away

3%25

St. Louis, MO28.8 mi away

3%24

East Alton15.6 mi away

3%20

Edwardsville24.8 mi away

3%19

Bethalto17.5 mi away

2%18

Chicago236.9 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%429

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

How far

How far Mississippi commutes

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

30%

32%

20%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mississippi is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mississippi are

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

Jobs based in Mississippi

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Mississippi residents hold

757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−14%

Jobs based in Mississippi, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 98. 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.