Work & commute · Piasa

Work & commute in Piasa, IL

Most working residents leave Piasa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alton (12%), St. Louis (6%) and Godfrey (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,520 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,481 Piasa residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piasa.

1,481live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piasa goes to work

Alton9.2 mi away

12%179

St. Louis, MO27.2 mi away

6%92

Godfrey5.3 mi away

5%72

Edwardsville20.3 mi away

4%67

Jerseyville8.7 mi away

3%47

East Alton11.4 mi away

3%45

Granite City21.2 mi away

3%42

Wood River13.4 mi away

3%40

Piasa (in town)right here

3%39

Berkeley, MO20.6 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%860

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

How far

How far Piasa commutes

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

22%

37%

27%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piasa is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Piasa are

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

Jobs based in Piasa

223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Piasa residents hold

1,520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+51%

Jobs based in Piasa, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 223. 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.