Work & commute · New Douglas

Work & commute in New Douglas, IL

Most working residents leave New Douglas for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Highland (7%), Edwardsville (7%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 218 New Douglas residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Douglas.

218live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Douglas goes to work

Highland12.7 mi away

7%16

Edwardsville20.4 mi away

7%16

St. Louis, MO37.8 mi away

5%10

Maryville22 mi away

4%8

Fairview Heights30.5 mi away

4%8

Alhambra5.7 mi away

3%7

East Alton23.9 mi away

2%5

Greenville15.9 mi away

2%5

Litchfield15.4 mi away

2%5

O'Fallon27.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%135

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

How far

How far New Douglas commutes

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

38%

36%

17%

9%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Douglas is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Douglas are

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

Jobs based in New Douglas

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs New Douglas residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−30%

Jobs based in New Douglas, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 19. 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.