Work & commute · Venice

Work & commute in Venice, IL

Most working residents leave Venice for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (11%), Granite City (7%) and Edwardsville (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 576 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 540 Venice residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Venice.

540live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Venice goes to work

St. Louis, MO4.8 mi away

11%64

Granite City4.6 mi away

7%40

Venice (in town)right here

6%36

Edwardsville12.7 mi away

5%29

Madison3.8 mi away

5%27

Belleville14.5 mi away

3%16

Alton16.1 mi away

3%15

Pontoon Beach7.3 mi away

2%14

Springfield82.3 mi away

2%14

Swansea12.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%311

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

How far

How far Venice commutes

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

45%

34%

17%

45%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Venice is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Venice are

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

Jobs based in Venice

582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Venice residents hold

576 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+32%

Jobs based in Venice, 2013 → 2023: 442 → 582. 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.