Work & commute · Shiloh

Work & commute in Shiloh, IL

Most working residents leave Shiloh for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (13%), St. Louis (12%) and O'Fallon (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

242 of 5,886 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,644 Shiloh residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 3,088 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shiloh.

5,644live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

3,088work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shiloh goes to work

Belleville4.8 mi away

13%757

St. Louis, MO18.7 mi away

12%733

O'Fallon3.3 mi away

8%482

Fairview Heights5.7 mi away

5%282

Shiloh (in town)right here

4%242

Edwardsville17 mi away

3%180

Swansea3.9 mi away

3%150

East St. Louis12.5 mi away

2%133

Chicago255.7 mi away

2%120

Springfield86.8 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,716

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.

40%

32%

12%

16%

40%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shiloh is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Shiloh are

3,330 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

3,330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Shiloh residents hold

5,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+42%

Jobs based in Shiloh, 2013 → 2023: 2,352 → 3,330. 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.