Work & commute · Sauget

Work & commute in Sauget, IL

Most working residents leave Sauget for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Cahokia Heights (7%) and Belleville (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 58 Sauget residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 3,118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sauget.

58live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

3,118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sauget goes to work

St. Louis, MO6.1 mi away

13%8

Cahokia Heights0.9 mi away

7%4

Belleville9.9 mi away

7%4

Granite City10.1 mi away

7%4

Sauget (in town)right here

5%3

Swansea9.1 mi away

5%3

O'Fallon12.8 mi away

5%3

Highland28.2 mi away

3%2

Mascoutah19.5 mi away

3%2

Fairview Heights7.9 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%26

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

How far

How far Sauget commutes

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

43%

30%

11%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sauget is a job hub

51.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

51.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sauget are

3,121 jobs are based in Sauget. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sauget’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sauget

3,121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Sauget residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+5%

Jobs based in Sauget, 2013 → 2023: 2,978 → 3,121. 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.