Jobs and earnings in Mount Clare, and the trip to work
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Illinois has 16%. Hardly any work in Mount Clare itself; outside it, Edwardsville draws the most (7%, 23 miles). Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Mount Clare to work: where people go
Where Mount Clare clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
The 133 jobs based in Mount Clare
133 jobs are based in Mount Clare.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Clare, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 133. 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 Mount Clare’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Mount Clare: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Clare workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 4% 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 far Mount Clare’s workers travel
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.
How Mount Clare compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Clare workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clare | – | — | — | 36 min | $66,875 |
| Benld | under 3% | C− | B− | 26 min | $47,850 |
| Gillespie Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Cahokia Township | under 3% | C− | C | 26 min | $57,132 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gillespie Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Clare’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 Mount Clare: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Clare?
$66,875 (±$26,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Clare?
20.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Clare?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Clare work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edwardsville (7%, 23 mi), Gillespie (5%, 2 mi), Litchfield (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Clare without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Clare, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Clare
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.