Work & commute · Royal Lakes

Work & commute in Royal Lakes, IL

Most working residents leave Royal Lakes for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (7%), Springfield (5%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 92 Royal Lakes residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royal Lakes.

92live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royal Lakes goes to work

Edwardsville22.3 mi away

7%7

Springfield49.7 mi away

5%5

St. Louis, MO36.4 mi away

5%5

Royal Lakes (in town)right here

4%4

Alton17.8 mi away

4%4

Hillyard1.8 mi away

3%3

Bunker Hill5 mi away

2%2

Carlinville12.2 mi away

2%2

Staunton11.4 mi away

2%2

East Alton17.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%60

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

How far

How far Royal Lakes commutes

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

15%

28%

35%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royal Lakes is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Royal Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Royal Lakes

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Royal Lakes residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−63%

Jobs based in Royal Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 6. 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.