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Work & commute in Rome, IL

Most working residents leave Rome for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (36%), Centralia (7%) and Salem (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
8 of 702 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 694 Rome residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rome.

694live here, work elsewhere
8live and work here
129work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rome goes to work

DixNashvilleSalemCentraliaEffinghamMarionCarbondaleMount VernonPekinChicagoPeoriaSpringfieldRockfordMount VernonRomeShilohWebberFieldGrand PrairieCasnerRaccoonCentraliaMount VernonCentraliaSalemSpringfieldMarionChicagoCentraliaEffinghamCarbondaleNashvilleRome
1
Mount Vernon8.5 mi away
36%253
2
Centralia10.4 mi away
7%46
3
Salem13.8 mi away
3%20
4
Springfield100.8 mi away
2%14
5
Marion48 mi away
2%11
6
Chicago245.2 mi away
2%11
7
Centralia8.3 mi away
2%11
8
Effingham53 mi away
1%10
9
Carbondale50.6 mi away
1%10
10
Nashville23.3 mi away
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%307

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

How far

How far Rome commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rome is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rome are

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

Jobs based in Rome

137 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities37%
Services (health, schools, offices…)27%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Rome residents hold

702 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−29%

Jobs based in Rome, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 137. 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.

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