Work & commute · Plum Hill

Work & commute in Plum Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Plum Hill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Nashville (12%), Okawville (12%) and St. Louis (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 208 Plum Hill residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plum Hill.

208live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plum Hill goes to work

Nashville8.2 mi away

12%26

Okawville5.8 mi away

12%25

St. Louis, MO42.8 mi away

6%12

Belleville26.8 mi away

4%8

Highland30 mi away

3%6

Sparta17.9 mi away

2%5

Breese18.2 mi away

2%4

Mascoutah18.1 mi away

2%4

Clayton, MO47.2 mi away

2%4

Lively Grove8.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%111

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

How far

How far Plum Hill commutes

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

25%

26%

32%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plum Hill is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plum Hill are

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

Jobs based in Plum Hill

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Plum Hill residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Plum Hill, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 9. 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.