Work & commute · Rockbridge

Work & commute in Rockbridge, IL

Most working residents leave Rockbridge for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (13%), Jacksonville (9%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

108 of 690 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 582 Rockbridge residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockbridge.

582live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockbridge goes to work

Greenfield3.7 mi away

13%92

Jacksonville30.3 mi away

9%62

Springfield46 mi away

7%47

Carrollton10.3 mi away

6%42

Jerseyville13.4 mi away

4%31

Alton27 mi away

3%21

East Alton28.7 mi away

2%15

St. Louis, MO45.3 mi away

2%13

Rockbridge (in town)right here

2%13

Mount Sterling56.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%344

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

How far

How far Rockbridge commutes

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

19%

21%

38%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockbridge is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockbridge are

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

Jobs based in Rockbridge

422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Rockbridge residents hold

690 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Rockbridge, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 422. 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.