Work & commute · Valier

Work & commute in Valier, IL

Most working residents leave Valier for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (9%), Marion (6%) and Carbondale (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 207 Valier residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valier.

207live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valier goes to work

Mount Vernon21.6 mi away

9%18

Marion20.4 mi away

6%12

Carbondale22.7 mi away

5%11

Benton6.9 mi away

5%10

Christopher3.3 mi away

4%9

Du Quoin10.4 mi away

3%7

West Frankfort10.2 mi away

3%6

Herrin15.2 mi away

2%5

Tyrone3.4 mi away

2%5

Goode4.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%121

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

How far

How far Valier commutes

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

25%

44%

11%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valier is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valier are

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

Jobs based in Valier

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Valier residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+300%

Jobs based in Valier, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 16. 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.