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Work & commute · Steeleville

Work & commute in Steeleville, IL

About one in 5 of Steeleville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sparta (13%), Chester (7%) and Bradley (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
22%
181 of 814 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 633 Steeleville residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 1,737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steeleville.

633live here, work elsewhere
181live and work here
1,737work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Steeleville goes to work

CoultervillePercySteelevillePinckneyvilleMurphysboroChesterDu QuoinSpartaCarbondaleBellevillePerryvilleSt. LouisBradleyLively GroveSpartaChesterBradleyBellevillePercyCarbondalePerryvilleSt. LouisLively GroveSteeleville
1
Steeleville (in town)right here
22%181
2
Sparta9.8 mi away
13%103
3
Chester10.7 mi away
7%58
4
Bradley8.4 mi away
3%22
5
Belleville39.3 mi away
2%18
6
Percy2.5 mi away
2%16
7
Carbondale31.1 mi away
2%15
8
Perryville, MO22.7 mi away
2%15
9
St. Louis, MO53.6 mi away
2%15
10
Lively Grove17.4 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%358

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

How far

How far Steeleville commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Steeleville is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Steeleville are

1,918 jobs are based in Steeleville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Steeleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Steeleville

1,918 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)76%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)19%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month53%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Steeleville residents hold

814 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−34%

Jobs based in Steeleville, 2013 → 2023: 2,900 → 1,918. 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.

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