Work & commute · Scott AFB

Work & commute in Scott AFB, IL

Most working residents leave Scott AFB for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (11%), St. Louis (10%) and O'Fallon (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 864 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 844 Scott AFB residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 1,562 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scott AFB.

844live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

1,562work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scott AFB goes to work

Belleville7.8 mi away

11%95

St. Louis, MO22.2 mi away

10%88

O'Fallon5.3 mi away

5%45

Springfield87 mi away

4%37

Chicago254.7 mi away

3%27

Mascoutah3.3 mi away

3%25

Fairview Heights9.1 mi away

2%21

Edwardsville18.7 mi away

2%21

Scott AFB (in town)right here

2%20

Shiloh3.5 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%467

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

How far

How far Scott AFB commutes

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

29%

23%

17%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scott AFB is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scott AFB are

1,582 jobs are based in Scott AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scott AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scott AFB

1,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Scott AFB residents hold

864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+13%

Jobs based in Scott AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,405 → 1,582. 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.