Work & commute · Roberts

Work & commute in Roberts, IL

Most working residents leave Roberts for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Paxton (12%), Gibson City (12%) and Champaign (10%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 155 Roberts residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roberts.

155live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

336work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roberts goes to work

Paxton11.7 mi away

12%19

Gibson City14.5 mi away

12%18

Champaign34.9 mi away

10%15

Urbana34.9 mi away

6%10

Bloomington42.4 mi away

5%8

Rantoul21.6 mi away

4%7

Chicago88.3 mi away

4%6

Peoria75.7 mi away

3%5

Watseka26.2 mi away

3%4

Kankakee37.6 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%60

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

How far

How far Roberts commutes

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

35%

37%

24%

4%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roberts is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Roberts are

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

Jobs based in Roberts

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities95%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Roberts residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+722%

Jobs based in Roberts, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 337. 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.