Work & commute · Staunton

Work & commute in Staunton, IL

Most working residents leave Staunton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Staunton (11%), Edwardsville (6%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

305 of 2,496 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,191 Staunton residents head out of town to work, 305 work right here, and 1,048 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Staunton.

2,191live here, work elsewhere

305live and work here

1,048work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Staunton goes to work

Staunton2.1 mi away

11%274

Edwardsville20.3 mi away

6%155

Springfield53.6 mi away

4%112

St. Louis, MO37.5 mi away

4%111

Litchfield11.8 mi away

3%74

Alton22.8 mi away

3%72

Granite City28.4 mi away

3%69

Maryville23.1 mi away

2%57

Carlinville19 mi away

2%53

Gillespie8 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,469

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

How far

How far Staunton commutes

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

20%

33%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Staunton is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Staunton are

1,353 jobs are based in Staunton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Staunton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Staunton

1,353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Staunton residents hold

2,496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+33%

Jobs based in Staunton, 2013 → 2023: 1,016 → 1,353. 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.