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Work & commute · Rose

Work & commute in Rose, IL

Most working residents leave Rose for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Shelbyville (29%), Decatur (6%) and Mattoon (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
119 of 813 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
11 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 694 Rose residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 1,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rose.

694live here, work elsewhere
119live and work here
1,392work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rose goes to work

WindsorAssumptionTower HillSullivanPanaShelbyvilleCharlestonMattoonTaylorvilleEffinghamDecaturBloomingtonSpringfieldTower HillOconeeLakewoodRoseRidgeShelbyvilleShelbyvilleDecaturMattoonSpringfieldPanaAssumptionEffinghamBloomingtonSullivanCharlestonRose
1
Shelbyville3.9 mi away
29%235
2
Decatur32 mi away
6%48
3
Mattoon27.7 mi away
5%42
4
Springfield49.4 mi away
3%27
5
Pana11.7 mi away
3%26
6
Assumption12.7 mi away
3%22
7
Effingham25.6 mi away
3%22
8
Bloomington74.8 mi away
3%22
9
Sullivan19.7 mi away
2%20
10
Charleston37.5 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%335

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

How far

How far Rose 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
18%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rose is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rose are

1,511 jobs are based in Rose. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rose’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rose

1,511 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)57%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)31%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Rose residents hold

813 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−13%

Jobs based in Rose, 2013 → 2023: 1,727 → 1,511. 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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