Work & commute · Smithton

Work & commute in Smithton, IL

Most working residents leave Smithton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (16%), St. Louis (9%) and Freeburg (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,874 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,827 Smithton residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithton.

1,827live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithton goes to work

Belleville7 mi away

16%308

St. Louis, MO20.6 mi away

9%163

Freeburg4.4 mi away

8%146

O'Fallon13.4 mi away

3%55

Swansea9.5 mi away

3%51

Smithton (in town)right here

3%47

Chicago266 mi away

2%37

New Athens9.1 mi away

2%36

Springfield96.9 mi away

1%28

Collinsville18.3 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%976

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

How far

How far Smithton commutes

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

31%

39%

17%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithton is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithton are

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

Jobs based in Smithton

370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Smithton residents hold

1,874 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−8%

Jobs based in Smithton, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 370. 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.