Bartelso has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
77 jobs are based in Bartelso, against 300 working residents. Only 2% work in Bartelso; the top destination outside it is Germantown (8%, 4 miles). Working residents average 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bartelso, in a few figures
Bartelso is a place people come home to
There are 77 jobs based in Bartelso, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bartelso has about 420 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bartelso workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Bartelso on a workday
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Bartelso on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Bartelso, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bartelso workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 398 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Bartelso ends
Where Bartelso clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Bartelso: what the 77 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bartelso, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 77. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bartelso’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Bartelso
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bartelso: questions
What is the median household income in Bartelso?
$90,000 (±$27,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bartelso?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bartelso?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bartelso work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Germantown (8%, 4 mi), Breese (8%, 6 mi), Centralia (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bartelso without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bartelso, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bartelso
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.