Work & commute · Rubicon

Work & commute in Rubicon, IL

Most working residents leave Rubicon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (20%), Jacksonville (7%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 86 Rubicon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rubicon.

86live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rubicon goes to work

Greenfield3.5 mi away

20%17

Jacksonville23.3 mi away

7%6

Springfield39.9 mi away

6%5

South Jacksonville21.3 mi away

5%4

Carrollton13.5 mi away

3%3

Gillespie27.1 mi away

2%2

Carlinville18.5 mi away

2%2

Edwardsville43 mi away

2%2

Talkington20.7 mi away

2%2

Shipman19.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%42

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

How far

How far Rubicon commutes

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

24%

27%

26%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rubicon is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rubicon are

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

Jobs based in Rubicon

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Rubicon residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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.