Work & commute · Pilot Knob

Work & commute in Pilot Knob, IL

Most working residents leave Pilot Knob for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Nashville (19%), Mount Vernon (8%) and St. Louis (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 258 Pilot Knob residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pilot Knob.

258live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pilot Knob goes to work

Nashville6.5 mi away

19%49

Mount Vernon27.8 mi away

8%22

St. Louis, MO51.6 mi away

3%8

Centralia24.7 mi away

3%7

Springfield106.8 mi away

3%7

Okawville14.1 mi away

2%6

Lively Grove12.2 mi away

2%6

Hoyleton15.6 mi away

2%5

Marissa18.7 mi away

2%5

Belleville35.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%139

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

How far

How far Pilot Knob commutes

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

22%

30%

26%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pilot Knob is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pilot Knob are

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

Jobs based in Pilot Knob

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Pilot Knob residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+31%

Jobs based in Pilot Knob, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 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.