Work & commute · Shipman

Work & commute in Shipman, IL

Most working residents leave Shipman for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alton (10%), East Alton (5%) and Edwardsville (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 539 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 521 Shipman residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shipman.

521live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shipman goes to work

Alton15.7 mi away

10%52

East Alton16.6 mi away

5%26

Edwardsville23.5 mi away

4%22

Godfrey14.1 mi away

4%21

Carlinville15.2 mi away

3%18

Springfield51.6 mi away

3%18

St. Louis, MO34.9 mi away

3%17

Shipman (in town)right here

3%17

Brighton6.6 mi away

3%16

Jerseyville13.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%319

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

How far

How far Shipman commutes

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

42%

30%

19%

9%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shipman is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shipman are

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

Jobs based in Shipman

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Shipman residents hold

539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−4%

Jobs based in Shipman, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 253. 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.