Work & commute · Olmsted

Work & commute in Olmsted, IL

Most working residents leave Olmsted for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (6%), Mound City (5%) and Metropolis (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 106 Olmsted residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olmsted.

106live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olmsted goes to work

Carbondale38.1 mi away

6%6

Mound City8 mi away

5%5

Metropolis22 mi away

5%5

Chicago330.1 mi away

5%5

Jonesboro21.1 mi away

4%4

Cairo13.3 mi away

3%3

Paducah, KY25.4 mi away

3%3

Cape Girardeau, MO27.5 mi away

3%3

New Grand Chain6.3 mi away

2%2

Mounds8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%68

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

How far

How far Olmsted commutes

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

23%

26%

21%

29%

23%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olmsted is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olmsted are

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

Jobs based in Olmsted

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month71%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Olmsted residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−89%

Jobs based in Olmsted, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 17. 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.