Work & commute · Rome

Work & commute in Rome, MI

Most working residents leave Rome for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Adrian (18%), Madison (4%) and Tecumseh (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
23 of 745 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 722 Rome residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rome.

722live here, work elsewhere
23live and work here
116work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rome goes to work

HudsonTecumsehAdrianJacksonAnn ArborAdrianWoodstockMadisonRomeRollinDoverFairfieldRaisinSomersetCambridgeAdrianMadisonTecumsehJacksonAnn ArborRaisinAdrianDoverWoodstockRome
1
Adrian7.8 mi away
18%137
2
Madison8.4 mi away
4%27
3
Tecumseh13.1 mi away
3%26
4
Jackson23.7 mi away
3%26
5
Ann Arbor32.8 mi away
3%25
6
Rome (in town)right here
3%23
7
Raisin12.4 mi away
3%22
8
Adrian5.7 mi away
3%19
9
Dover5.9 mi away
2%17
10
Woodstock8.6 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%409

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

How far

How far Rome commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rome is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rome are

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

Jobs based in Rome

139 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities45%
Services (health, schools, offices…)9%
$1,250 a month or less4%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Rome residents hold

745 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+34%

Jobs based in Rome, 2011 → 2021: 104 → 139. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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