Work & commute · Swansea

Work & commute in Swansea, IL

Most working residents leave Swansea for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (17%), St. Louis (12%) and O'Fallon (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

318 of 5,943 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,625 Swansea residents head out of town to work, 318 work right here, and 4,748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swansea.

5,625live here, work elsewhere

318live and work here

4,748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swansea goes to work

Belleville2.5 mi away

17%985

St. Louis, MO15 mi away

12%707

Swansea (in town)right here

5%318

O'Fallon5.1 mi away

5%280

Fairview Heights3.2 mi away

5%271

Edwardsville16.5 mi away

3%187

Chicago257.4 mi away

2%137

East St. Louis8.9 mi away

2%133

Collinsville8.8 mi away

2%108

Granite City14.3 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,724

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

How far

How far Swansea commutes

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

43%

34%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swansea is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Swansea are

5,066 jobs are based in Swansea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swansea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swansea

5,066 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Swansea residents hold

5,943 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+4%

Jobs based in Swansea, 2013 → 2023: 4,865 → 5,066. 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.