Rutter Store · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in St. Libory
161 jobs are based in St. Libory, against 258 working residents. Only 2% stay in St. Libory for work; outside it, Belleville is the main destination (6%, 18 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in St. Libory: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 254 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in St. Libory on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
Commuting out of St. Libory: the destinations
Where St. Libory clocks in
6% 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 kinds of work in St. Libory
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Libory, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 161. 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 St. Libory’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in St. Libory
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Libory workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 294 commuters (the 11% 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 St. Libory
About 17% 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.
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 St. Libory: questions
What is the median household income in St. Libory?
$116,964 (±$14,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Libory?
5.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Libory?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Libory work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belleville (6%, 18 mi), Sparta (5%, 16 mi), Marissa (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Libory without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Libory, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Libory
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.