Work & commute · St. Jacob

Work & commute in St. Jacob, IL

Most working residents leave St. Jacob for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Highland (15%), St. Louis (7%) and Edwardsville (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 732 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 720 St. Jacob residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Jacob.

720live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Jacob goes to work

Highland5.5 mi away

15%111

St. Louis, MO26.6 mi away

7%54

Edwardsville13.1 mi away

6%47

Troy7 mi away

4%31

Belleville18.6 mi away

4%29

Saline7.8 mi away

3%20

Collinsville13.4 mi away

2%18

Maryville10.8 mi away

2%16

O'Fallon11.6 mi away

2%14

Springfield74.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%378

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

How far

How far St. Jacob commutes

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

30%

36%

20%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Jacob is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Jacob are

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

Jobs based in St. Jacob

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs St. Jacob residents hold

732 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+49%

Jobs based in St. Jacob, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 155. 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.