Work & commute · Six Mile

Work & commute in Six Mile, IL

Most working residents leave Six Mile for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (15%), Carbondale (7%) and Mount Vernon (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 1,332 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,225 Six Mile residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Six Mile.

1,225live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Six Mile goes to work

Marion14.4 mi away

15%203

Carbondale14.5 mi away

7%96

Mount Vernon29.8 mi away

7%95

Herrin8.1 mi away

6%79

Zeigler2.1 mi away

5%69

West Frankfort8.8 mi away

4%47

Benton12.1 mi away

3%44

Du Quoin10.2 mi away

3%41

Royalton2.2 mi away

2%28

Christopher5.1 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%605

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

How far

How far Six Mile commutes

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

24%

42%

15%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Six Mile is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Six Mile are

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

Jobs based in Six Mile

287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Six Mile residents hold

1,332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−12%

Jobs based in Six Mile, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 287. 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.