Photo: Family member · Public domainMost of Batchtown commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Batchtown; the top destination outside it is Hardin (11%, 9 miles). 27 jobs are based in Batchtown for 96 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 57 minutes; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Batchtown for work, and who comes in
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Batchtown on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The towns that employ Batchtown’s residents
Where Batchtown clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Batchtown makes things: 48% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batchtown, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 27. 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 Batchtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Batchtown takes about 57 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batchtown workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many miles Batchtown commutes
About 23% 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 Batchtown: questions
What is the median household income in Batchtown?
$57,500 (±$13,765) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batchtown?
6.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batchtown?
57 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batchtown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hardin (11%, 9 mi), Alton (8%, 28 mi), Maryland Heights (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Batchtown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Batchtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batchtown
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.