Work & commute · Moro

Work & commute in Moro, IL

Most working residents leave Moro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (9%), Alton (8%) and St. Louis (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,684 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,661 Moro residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moro.

1,661live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moro goes to work

Edwardsville11.5 mi away

9%153

Alton9.2 mi away

8%138

St. Louis, MO26 mi away

7%119

Bethalto4.7 mi away

5%92

East Alton7.9 mi away

4%70

Granite City17.2 mi away

3%57

Wood River7.8 mi away

3%51

Roxana9.7 mi away

2%36

Maryville15.8 mi away

2%33

Godfrey12.3 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%902

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

How far

How far Moro commutes

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

27%

34%

25%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moro is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moro are

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

Jobs based in Moro

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Moro residents hold

1,684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+16%

Jobs based in Moro, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 205. 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.