Work & commute · Romeoville

Work & commute in Romeoville, IL

Most working residents leave Romeoville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Bolingbrook (8%) and Joliet (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
1,516 of 19,862 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,346 Romeoville residents head out of town to work, 1,516 work right here, and 19,686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Romeoville.

18,346live here, work elsewhere
1,516live and work here
19,686work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Romeoville goes to work

Oak BrookCrest HillWoodridgeLemontLockportDowners GrovePlainfieldBolingbrookRomeovilleAuroraNapervilleChicagoJolietPlainfieldChicagoBolingbrookJolietNapervilleDowners GroveWoodridgeAuroraPlainfieldOak BrookRomeoville
1
Chicago25.9 mi away
16%3,238
2
Bolingbrook4 mi away
8%1,623
3
Romeoville (in town)right here
8%1,516
4
Joliet8 mi away
5%1,013
5
Naperville9 mi away
5%973
6
Downers Grove12.3 mi away
2%480
7
Woodridge8.1 mi away
2%467
8
Aurora13.5 mi away
2%404
9
Plainfield6.5 mi away
2%381
10
Oak Brook16.3 mi away
1%280
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%9,487

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

How far

How far Romeoville commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
5%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Romeoville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Romeoville are

21,202 jobs are based in Romeoville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Romeoville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Romeoville

21,202 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities54%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Romeoville residents hold

19,862 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+46%

Jobs based in Romeoville, 2013 → 2023: 14,475 → 21,202. 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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