With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Beckemeyer works elsewhere
For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Employers in Beckemeyer report 85 jobs for 483 working residents. Only 1% work in Beckemeyer; the top destination outside it is Breese (19%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Beckemeyer: the figures worth knowing
Beckemeyer is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Beckemeyer, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beckemeyer has about 520 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beckemeyer and Breese trade workers both ways
Breese is the top workplace for Beckemeyer residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Beckemeyer come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Beckemeyer are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois 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 483 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Beckemeyer: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Beckemeyer on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 places Beckemeyer commutes to
Where Beckemeyer clocks in
19% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Beckemeyer’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beckemeyer workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Beckemeyer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beckemeyer, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 85. 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 Beckemeyer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Beckemeyer works
About 15% 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 Beckemeyer: questions
What is the median household income in Beckemeyer?
$63,603 (±$16,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beckemeyer?
5.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beckemeyer?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beckemeyer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breese (19%, 5 mi), St. Louis (6%, 44 mi), Breese Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beckemeyer without a car?
2% 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 Beckemeyer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beckemeyer
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.