Work & commute · Red Bud

Work & commute in Red Bud, IL

About one in 4 of Red Bud’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Belleville (7%), St. Louis (5%) and Waterloo (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

445 of 1,738 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,293 Red Bud residents head out of town to work, 445 work right here, and 1,417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Bud.

1,293live here, work elsewhere

445live and work here

1,417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Bud goes to work

Red Bud (in town)right here

26%445

Belleville21.3 mi away

7%122

St. Louis, MO32.4 mi away

5%90

Waterloo12.3 mi away

4%74

Chester21.7 mi away

2%42

Springfield111.1 mi away

2%32

Ruma5.3 mi away

2%30

Columbia20.8 mi away

2%28

Sparta15.5 mi away

1%25

Freeburg16.7 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%826

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

How far

How far Red Bud commutes

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

35%

27%

20%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Bud is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Bud are

1,862 jobs are based in Red Bud. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Bud’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Bud

1,862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Red Bud residents hold

1,738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+13%

Jobs based in Red Bud, 2013 → 2023: 1,641 → 1,862. 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.