Work & commute · Zeigler

Work & commute in Zeigler, IL

Most working residents leave Zeigler for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (15%), Mount Vernon (7%) and Carbondale (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 565 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 531 Zeigler residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zeigler.

531live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zeigler goes to work

Marion13.3 mi away

15%87

Mount Vernon29.2 mi away

7%42

Carbondale15.7 mi away

7%40

Herrin7.5 mi away

6%35

Zeigler (in town)right here

6%34

Du Quoin11.8 mi away

3%18

Benton10.5 mi away

3%17

West Frankfort6.7 mi away

3%16

Murphysboro18 mi away

2%11

Springfield134.1 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%254

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

How far

How far Zeigler commutes

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

25%

41%

17%

18%

25%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zeigler is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zeigler are

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

Jobs based in Zeigler

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Zeigler residents hold

565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+86%

Jobs based in Zeigler, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 175. 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.