A job hub: Sauget has 51.2 jobs per working resident, and 3,118 people come in to work
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Sauget has 3,121 jobs, against 61 working residents. Only 5% stay in Sauget for work; outside it, St. Louis is the main destination (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Sauget, and who commutes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 3,200 people are in Sauget on a workday afternoon, 2372% more 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 towns that send workers to Sauget
Where Sauget clocks in
13% 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.
Sauget works in goods: 39% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sauget, 2013 → 2023: 2,978 → 3,121. 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 Sauget’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Sauget: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sauget workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Sauget
About 16% 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.
20% of Sauget works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sauget workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauget | – | — | — | 15 min | $62,171 |
| Cahokia Heights | 7% | C− | A | 26 min | $33,792 |
| Centreville Township | under 4% | C− | A | 26 min | $34,675 |
| East St. Louis | under 4% | C− | A | 23 min | $35,700 |
| East St. Louis Township | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East St. Louis Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Louis. Darker towns draw more of Sauget’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 Sauget: questions
What is the median household income in Sauget?
$62,171 (±$8,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sauget?
8.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sauget?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sauget work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (13%, 6 mi), Cahokia Heights (7%, 1 mi), Belleville (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sauget without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sauget, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sauget
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.