Work & commute · Mount Vernon

Work & commute in Mount Vernon, IL

47% of Mount Vernon’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Marion (2%), Dodds (2%) and Salem (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

2,962 of 6,296 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 3,334 Mount Vernon residents head out of town to work, 2,962 work right here, and 13,280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Vernon.

3,334live here, work elsewhere

2,962live and work here

13,280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Vernon goes to work

Mount Vernon (in town)right here

47%2,962

Marion40.1 mi away

2%156

Dodds4.6 mi away

2%136

Salem21.8 mi away

2%109

Centralia18.2 mi away

2%109

Springfield109.2 mi away

2%103

St. Louis, MO75.1 mi away

1%92

Nashville25.8 mi away

1%91

Carbondale44.2 mi away

1%89

Belleville59.8 mi away

1%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,360

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

How far

How far Mount Vernon commutes

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

53%

12%

27%

53%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Vernon is a job hub

2.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Vernon are

16,242 jobs are based in Mount Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Vernon

16,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Mount Vernon residents hold

6,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−4%

Jobs based in Mount Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 16,973 → 16,242. 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.