George Draser Jr. House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMascoutah has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 69% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #344 of 768 in Illinois.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns · #306 of 768 in Illinois.
Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Mascoutah; the top destination outside it is Belleville (12%, 10 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Mascoutah’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mascoutah is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #344 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Mascoutah’s grade up ($97,375, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mascoutah could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Mascoutah quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,296 residents head out to work, 533 work right here, and 1,614 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Mascoutah on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Belleville
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mascoutah clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 2,147 jobs in Mascoutah are
2,147 jobs are based in Mascoutah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mascoutah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mascoutah, 2013 → 2023: 1,820 → 2,147. 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.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mascoutah workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,966 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Mascoutah commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Mascoutah is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mascoutah is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #306 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,529 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of Mascoutah households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mascoutah’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mascoutah is 1,136th of 2,841 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mascoutah, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,134 | Vinton VA | 7,967 | $65K | 10.5% | 0.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Orange Beach AL | 8,798 | $98K | 2.6% | 3.8% | 28% | B+ |
| 1,136 | Mascoutah IL | 9,239 | $97K | 9.8% | 4.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,137 | La Grange KY | 10,669 | $88K | 8.0% | 4.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,138 | Carlisle Township OH | 7,131 | $87K | 5.8% | 5.7% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Mascoutah and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Scott AFB (2%). Darker towns draw more of Mascoutah’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mascoutah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mascoutah | – | B+ | A− | 24 min | $97,375 |
| Mascoutah Township | 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Shiloh Valley Township | under 2% | A | A− | 19 min | $104,772 |
| Scott AFB | 2% | A | B+ | 14 min | $103,390 |
| Engelmann Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mascoutah Township: not graded. Engelmann Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Mascoutah: questions
What is the median household income in Mascoutah?
$97,375 (±$11,523) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mascoutah?
9.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mascoutah?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mascoutah work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belleville (12%, 10 mi), St. Louis (8%, 25 mi), O'Fallon (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mascoutah walkable?
Mascoutah is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mascoutah without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mascoutah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mascoutah
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.