Work & commute · Staunton

Work & commute in Staunton, IL

Most working residents leave Staunton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (6%), St. Louis (5%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

267 of 2,258 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,991 Staunton residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 787 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Staunton.

1,991live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

787work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Staunton goes to work

Staunton (in town)right here

12%267

Edwardsville18.6 mi away

6%142

St. Louis, MO35.7 mi away

5%105

Springfield54.4 mi away

4%97

Alton20.7 mi away

3%67

Granite City26.6 mi away

3%63

Maryville21.6 mi away

2%55

Carlinville18.9 mi away

2%53

Litchfield13.2 mi away

2%51

Chicago224.4 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,316

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.

19%

33%

24%

19%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

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Staunton are

1,054 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

1,054 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Staunton residents hold

2,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+27%

Jobs based in Staunton, 2013 → 2023: 832 → 1,054. 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.