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

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

Chicago25.9 mi away

16%3,238

Bolingbrook4 mi away

8%1,623

Romeoville (in town)right here

8%1,516

Joliet8 mi away

5%1,013

Naperville9 mi away

5%973

Downers Grove12.3 mi away

2%480

Woodridge8.1 mi away

2%467

Aurora13.5 mi away

2%404

Plainfield6.5 mi away

2%381

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%

35%

27%

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.