Work & commute · Roodhouse

Work & commute in Roodhouse, IL

Most working residents leave Roodhouse for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (16%), Springfield (16%) and White Hall (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 744 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 722 Roodhouse residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roodhouse.

722live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roodhouse goes to work

Jacksonville18.5 mi away

16%122

Springfield44.2 mi away

16%116

White Hall3.5 mi away

7%50

Carrollton13.2 mi away

3%23

Roodhouse (in town)right here

3%22

St. Louis, MO59 mi away

2%17

Beardstown36.5 mi away

2%16

Mount Sterling40.4 mi away

2%14

South Jacksonville16.9 mi away

2%12

Chicago215.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%340

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

How far

How far Roodhouse commutes

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

12%

28%

33%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roodhouse is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roodhouse are

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

Jobs based in Roodhouse

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Roodhouse residents hold

744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−48%

Jobs based in Roodhouse, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 85. 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.