Waltonville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% work in Waltonville itself; outside it, Mount Vernon draws the most (29%, 9 miles). There are 76 jobs in Waltonville for 212 working residents. At home: 9% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Waltonville and work: the main findings
29% of Waltonville works in Mount Vernon
62 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Mount Vernon, 9.3 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Waltonville itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Waltonville are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Waltonville to work: where people go
Where Waltonville clocks in
29% of workers
4% 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.
Time on the road from Waltonville: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waltonville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 9% 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.
Waltonville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Waltonville on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Waltonville: what the 76 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waltonville, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 76. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waltonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Waltonville, by distance
About 20% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Waltonville: questions
What is the median household income in Waltonville?
$63,750 (±$21,532) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waltonville?
15.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waltonville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waltonville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (29%, 9 mi), Dodds Township (12%, 9 mi), Marion (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Waltonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waltonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waltonville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.