Mitchell has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 91 jobs in Mitchell; 495 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Mitchell A−; getting around on foot earns it D−. 5% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Mitchell apart on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mitchell
On income, poverty and job access, Mitchell is better than 81% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Mitchell’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($60,450, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Mitchell’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mitchell could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In and out of Mitchell on a workday
On a workday 495 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Mitchell 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.
14% of working residents work in Edwardsville
Where Mitchell clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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 Mitchell: what the 91 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mitchell, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 91. 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 Mitchell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Mitchell
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mitchell workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Mitchell commutes less than 11 miles
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.
Most of Mitchell commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mitchell is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mitchell near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 521 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.5% of Mitchell households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mitchell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mitchell places 324th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Ship Bottom NJ | 1,126 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 9% | A− |
| 323 | Blue River Township IN | 1,470 | $104K | 11.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 324 | Mitchell IL | 1,092 | $60K | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0% | A− |
| 325 | Hamshire TX | 1,388 | $103K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A− |
| 326 | Barbourmeade KY | 1,241 | $117K | 12.0% | 5.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mitchell, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door is work for 16% of Mitchell
The biggest share goes to Edwardsville (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mitchell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | – | A− | D− | 27 min | $60,450 |
| Pontoon Beach | 2% | C | B− | 23 min | $62,861 |
| Edwardsville | 14% | A | B+ | 23 min | $86,721 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mitchell’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 Mitchell: questions
What is the median household income in Mitchell?
$60,450 (±$8,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mitchell?
1.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mitchell?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mitchell work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edwardsville (14%, 5 mi), Granite City (12%, 3 mi), St. Louis (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mitchell walkable?
Mitchell is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mitchell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mitchell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mitchell
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.