Work & commute · Ruyle

Work & commute in Ruyle, IL

Most working residents leave Ruyle for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jerseyville (21%), Alton (8%) and Edwardsville (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 166 Ruyle residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ruyle.

166live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ruyle goes to work

Jerseyville9.7 mi away

21%35

Alton21.5 mi away

8%14

Edwardsville31.1 mi away

5%8

Jersey7.5 mi away

4%7

Chicago224.1 mi away

3%5

St. Louis, MO40 mi away

3%5

East Alton23.1 mi away

2%4

Litchfield28.4 mi away

2%4

Roxana28.1 mi away

2%3

Bethalto22.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%78

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

How far

How far Ruyle commutes

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

16%

30%

36%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ruyle is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ruyle are

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

Jobs based in Ruyle

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Ruyle residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−50%

Jobs based in Ruyle, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 3. 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.