Work & commute · Roanoke

Work & commute in Roanoke, IL

Most working residents leave Roanoke for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (10%), Bloomington (7%) and Eureka (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

129 of 917 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 788 Roanoke residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roanoke.

788live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roanoke goes to work

Roanoke (in town)right here

14%129

Peoria22 mi away

10%90

Bloomington25.4 mi away

7%60

Eureka7.1 mi away

6%57

Normal22.1 mi away

4%41

Metamora8.7 mi away

4%39

El Paso10.4 mi away

4%36

Roanoke0.9 mi away

3%24

Morton18.9 mi away

2%21

Chicago106.5 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%400

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Roanoke commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

38%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roanoke is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Roanoke are

657 jobs are based in Roanoke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roanoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roanoke

657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Roanoke residents hold

917 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−15%

Jobs based in Roanoke, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 657. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.