Work & commute · South Roxana

Work & commute in South Roxana, IL

Most working residents leave South Roxana for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Granite City (11%), Edwardsville (9%) and St. Louis (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 779 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 768 South Roxana residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 642 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Roxana.

768live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

642work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Roxana goes to work

Granite City6.6 mi away

11%88

Edwardsville4 mi away

9%72

St. Louis, MO15.6 mi away

9%68

Alton8.2 mi away

5%39

Pontoon Beach6.1 mi away

3%27

Bethalto6.4 mi away

3%20

Wood River3.9 mi away

2%19

Collinsville9.5 mi away

2%18

Chicago243.7 mi away

2%18

Glen Carbon5.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%397

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

How far

How far South Roxana commutes

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

46%

33%

16%

46%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Roxana is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Roxana are

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

Jobs based in South Roxana

653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs South Roxana residents hold

779 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+2%

Jobs based in South Roxana, 2013 → 2023: 640 → 653. 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.