Work & commute · West Frankfort

Work & commute in West Frankfort, IL

Most working residents leave West Frankfort for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (16%), Mount Vernon (9%) and Benton (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

368 of 2,707 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,339 West Frankfort residents head out of town to work, 368 work right here, and 1,660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Frankfort.

2,339live here, work elsewhere

368live and work here

1,660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Frankfort goes to work

Marion11.4 mi away

16%437

West Frankfort (in town)right here

14%368

Mount Vernon28.7 mi away

9%231

Benton7.9 mi away

5%133

Herrin8.9 mi away

5%133

Carbondale20.1 mi away

4%116

Denning3.1 mi away

4%103

Harrisburg23.8 mi away

2%47

Springfield136.2 mi away

2%47

Du Quoin17.9 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,061

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

How far

How far West Frankfort commutes

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

32%

34%

15%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Frankfort is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Frankfort are

2,028 jobs are based in West Frankfort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Frankfort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Frankfort

2,028 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Frankfort residents hold

2,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−5%

Jobs based in West Frankfort, 2013 → 2023: 2,132 → 2,028. 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.