Work & commute · Stookey

Work & commute in Stookey, IL

Most working residents leave Stookey for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (18%), St. Louis (12%) and O'Fallon (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 4,066 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,984 Stookey residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stookey.

3,984live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stookey goes to work

Belleville5.4 mi away

18%736

St. Louis, MO11.5 mi away

12%503

O'Fallon11 mi away

3%126

Fairview Heights7 mi away

3%122

Swansea6 mi away

3%103

East St. Louis7 mi away

2%99

Millstadt4.8 mi away

2%87

Edwardsville19.6 mi away

2%87

Stookey (in town)right here

2%82

Cahokia Heights5.1 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,042

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

How far

How far Stookey commutes

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

43%

36%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stookey is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stookey are

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

Jobs based in Stookey

695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Stookey residents hold

4,066 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−29%

Jobs based in Stookey, 2013 → 2023: 984 → 695. 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.