Work & commute · Pin Oak

Work & commute in Pin Oak, IL

Most working residents leave Pin Oak for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (12%), St. Louis (11%) and Troy (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 2,140 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,078 Pin Oak residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 1,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pin Oak.

2,078live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

1,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pin Oak goes to work

Edwardsville6.1 mi away

12%250

St. Louis, MO22.5 mi away

11%235

Troy4.5 mi away

4%93

Highland10.3 mi away

4%85

Maryville6.3 mi away

3%64

Belleville19.9 mi away

3%58

Granite City14.1 mi away

3%58

Collinsville10.4 mi away

2%50

O'Fallon13.3 mi away

2%48

Alton16.8 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,154

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

How far

How far Pin Oak commutes

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

28%

42%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pin Oak is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pin Oak are

1,161 jobs are based in Pin Oak. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pin Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pin Oak

1,161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pin Oak residents hold

2,140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+27%

Jobs based in Pin Oak, 2013 → 2023: 913 → 1,161. 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.