Work & commute · Somerset

Work & commute in Somerset, IL

Most working residents leave Somerset for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Murphysboro (24%), Carbondale (21%) and Marion (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

114 of 1,468 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 1,354 Somerset residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 886 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somerset.

1,354live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

886work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somerset goes to work

Murphysboro3.8 mi away

24%351

Carbondale8 mi away

21%304

Marion20.7 mi away

5%72

Mount Vernon40.2 mi away

3%38

Springfield137.5 mi away

2%36

Murphysboro5.9 mi away

2%30

Herrin15 mi away

2%28

Somerset (in town)right here

2%24

Chicago290.6 mi away

1%21

Anna24.9 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%545

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

How far

How far Somerset commutes

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

52%

18%

11%

20%

52%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somerset is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somerset are

1,000 jobs are based in Somerset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somerset’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Somerset

1,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Somerset residents hold

1,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+21%

Jobs based in Somerset, 2013 → 2023: 828 → 1,000. 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.