Work & commute · Shiloh

Work & commute in Shiloh, IL

About one in 3 of Shiloh’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (48%), Marion (2%) and Centralia (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

859 of 2,726 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 1,867 Shiloh residents head out of town to work, 859 work right here, and 10,641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shiloh.

1,867live here, work elsewhere

859live and work here

10,641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shiloh goes to work

Mount Vernon3.9 mi away

48%1,320

Marion42 mi away

2%65

Centralia14.7 mi away

2%55

Springfield106.3 mi away

2%53

Belleville56 mi away

2%47

Salem19.8 mi away

2%41

Carbondale44.8 mi away

1%40

Nashville22.3 mi away

1%36

Chicago251.1 mi away

1%35

St. Louis, MO71.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,000

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

How far

How far Shiloh commutes

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

54%

10%

11%

26%

54%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shiloh is a job hub

4.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shiloh are

11,500 jobs are based in Shiloh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shiloh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shiloh

11,500 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Shiloh residents hold

2,726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+56%

Jobs based in Shiloh, 2013 → 2023: 7,365 → 11,500. 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.