Work & commute · Nashville

Work & commute in Nashville, IL

About one in 3 of Nashville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (5%), Centralia (3%) and Belleville (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

560 of 1,564 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,004 Nashville residents head out of town to work, 560 work right here, and 2,701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nashville.

1,004live here, work elsewhere

560live and work here

2,701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nashville goes to work

Nashville (in town)right here

36%560

Mount Vernon25.8 mi away

5%76

Centralia19 mi away

3%49

Belleville34.6 mi away

2%39

St. Louis, MO50.4 mi away

2%39

Nashville1.8 mi away

2%36

Okawville10.5 mi away

2%32

Hoyleton9.5 mi away

2%31

O'Fallon33.4 mi away

2%28

Pinckneyville18.2 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%651

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

How far

How far Nashville commutes

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

42%

19%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nashville is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nashville are

3,261 jobs are based in Nashville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nashville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nashville

3,261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Nashville residents hold

1,564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+21%

Jobs based in Nashville, 2013 → 2023: 2,687 → 3,261. 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.