Most of Fountain Bluff Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
36% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois. Fountain Bluff Township has 4 jobs for 74 working residents. Hardly any stay in Fountain Bluff Township for work; outside it, Carbondale is the main destination (19%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Fountain Bluff Township
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Fountain Bluff Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where Fountain Bluff Township’s working residents head each day
Where Fountain Bluff Township clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
What Fountain Bluff Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fountain Bluff Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 4. 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 Fountain Bluff Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fountain Bluff Township
of Fountain Bluff Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 36% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fountain Bluff Township
About 22% 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.
Work in the towns next to Fountain Bluff Township
The biggest share goes to Degognia Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fountain Bluff Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Bluff Township | – | — | — | — | $67,917 |
| Degognia Township | 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Sand Ridge Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Kinkaid Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Grand Tower Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Gorham | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Degognia Township, Sand Ridge Township, Kinkaid Township, Grand Tower Township and Gorham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fountain Bluff Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Fountain Bluff Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fountain Bluff Township?
$67,917 (±$47,001) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fountain Bluff Township?
18.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fountain Bluff Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carbondale (19%, 18 mi), Murphysboro (7%, 13 mi), Steeleville (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fountain Bluff Township 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 Fountain Bluff Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fountain Bluff Township
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.