Work & commute · Omphghent

Work & commute in Omphghent, IL

Most working residents leave Omphghent for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (13%), St. Louis (8%) and Granite City (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,128 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,100 Omphghent residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Omphghent.

1,100live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Omphghent goes to work

Edwardsville13.3 mi away

13%151

St. Louis, MO30.1 mi away

8%92

Granite City21.1 mi away

4%45

Alton15.6 mi away

4%44

Glen Carbon15.2 mi away

2%27

Hamel4.9 mi away

2%25

East Alton13.9 mi away

2%25

Edwardsville13.4 mi away

2%22

Belleville31.4 mi away

2%20

Chicago229.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%657

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

How far

How far Omphghent commutes

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

12%

46%

27%

15%

12%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Omphghent is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Omphghent are

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

Jobs based in Omphghent

286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Omphghent residents hold

1,128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+88%

Jobs based in Omphghent, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 286. 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.