Work & commute · Murphysboro

Work & commute in Murphysboro, IL

Most working residents leave Murphysboro for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (24%), Murphysboro (21%) and Marion (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

648 of 3,441 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,793 Murphysboro residents head out of town to work, 648 work right here, and 2,482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murphysboro.

2,793live here, work elsewhere

648live and work here

2,482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murphysboro goes to work

Carbondale5 mi away

24%840

Murphysboro2.5 mi away

21%721

Marion20.4 mi away

6%216

Herrin16.2 mi away

2%72

Mount Vernon45.6 mi away

2%72

Carterville12.8 mi away

2%62

Springfield143.3 mi away

2%58

Murphysboro (in town)right here

2%56

Steeleville26.8 mi away

1%47

Anna19.3 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,255

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

How far

How far Murphysboro commutes

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

51%

20%

21%

51%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murphysboro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murphysboro are

3,130 jobs are based in Murphysboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Murphysboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Murphysboro

3,130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Murphysboro residents hold

3,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−9%

Jobs based in Murphysboro, 2013 → 2023: 3,424 → 3,130. 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.