Work & commute · Ruma

Work & commute in Ruma, IL

Most working residents leave Ruma for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Red Bud (10%), Steeleville (7%) and Evansville (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 116 Ruma residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ruma.

116live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ruma goes to work

Red Bud5.3 mi away

10%12

Steeleville20.2 mi away

7%9

Evansville4.7 mi away

6%7

Ruma (in town)right here

5%6

Sparta14.7 mi away

5%6

St. Louis, MO37.3 mi away

4%5

Waterloo16.7 mi away

3%4

Cahokia Heights31.7 mi away

2%3

Springfield116.3 mi away

2%3

Lively Grove21.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%64

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

How far

How far Ruma commutes

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

27%

32%

21%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ruma is a job hub

2.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ruma are

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

Jobs based in Ruma

278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ruma residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−14%

Jobs based in Ruma, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 278. 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.