Work & commute · Saline

Work & commute in Saline, IL

Most working residents leave Saline for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Highland (20%), St. Louis (7%) and Edwardsville (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

392 of 3,468 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,076 Saline residents head out of town to work, 392 work right here, and 3,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saline.

3,076live here, work elsewhere

392live and work here

3,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saline goes to work

Highland2.4 mi away

20%710

St. Louis, MO33.9 mi away

7%256

Edwardsville18.6 mi away

4%154

Belleville26.2 mi away

3%116

Troy14 mi away

2%85

Collinsville20.8 mi away

2%81

Springfield69.7 mi away

2%72

Saline (in town)right here

2%72

Maryville17.6 mi away

2%70

Granite City26.2 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,783

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

How far

How far Saline commutes

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

25%

33%

27%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saline is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saline are

3,810 jobs are based in Saline. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saline’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saline

3,810 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Saline residents hold

3,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+13%

Jobs based in Saline, 2013 → 2023: 3,386 → 3,810. 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.