Work & commute · Roselle

Work & commute in Roselle, IL

Most working residents leave Roselle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Schaumburg (7%) and Elk Grove Village (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

604 of 11,639 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,035 Roselle residents head out of town to work, 604 work right here, and 8,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roselle.

11,035live here, work elsewhere

604live and work here

8,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roselle goes to work

Chicago22.9 mi away

14%1,658

Schaumburg3.3 mi away

7%833

Roselle (in town)right here

5%604

Elk Grove Village5.1 mi away

5%564

Addison5.2 mi away

2%289

Bloomingdale2 mi away

2%281

Itasca3.5 mi away

2%274

Arlington Heights9.7 mi away

2%266

Naperville16.4 mi away

2%248

Des Plaines10.2 mi away

2%208

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%6,414

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

How far

How far Roselle commutes

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

47%

43%

47%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roselle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roselle are

8,834 jobs are based in Roselle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roselle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roselle

8,834 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Roselle residents hold

11,639 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+40%

Jobs based in Roselle, 2013 → 2023: 6,308 → 8,834. 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.