Work & commute · Roxana

Work & commute in Roxana, IL

Most working residents leave Roxana for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (11%), Alton (7%) and St. Louis (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 644 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 606 Roxana residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 2,296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roxana.

606live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

2,296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roxana goes to work

Edwardsville3.8 mi away

11%74

Alton8 mi away

7%44

Roxana (in town)right here

6%38

St. Louis, MO16.7 mi away

6%37

Wood River3.4 mi away

5%34

Granite City7.7 mi away

4%25

Chicago242.6 mi away

3%20

East Alton5.5 mi away

3%18

Collinsville10.1 mi away

3%17

Belleville21.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%322

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

How far

How far Roxana commutes

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

46%

34%

17%

46%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roxana is a job hub

3.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roxana are

2,334 jobs are based in Roxana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roxana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roxana

2,334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Roxana residents hold

644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Roxana, 2013 → 2023: 2,102 → 2,334. 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.