Work & commute · Rock Island

Work & commute in Rock Island, TX

Most working residents leave Rock Island for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (12%), Columbus (11%) and Sheridan (10%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

60 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 114 Rock Island residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Island.

114live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Island goes to work

Houston73.2 mi away

12%14

Columbus13.1 mi away

11%13

Sheridan6.4 mi away

10%11

El Campo28 mi away

5%6

Austin89.4 mi away

4%5

Eagle Lake15.2 mi away

3%3

Garwood10.5 mi away

3%3

Deer Park88 mi away

2%2

Sugar Land56.5 mi away

2%2

Corpus Christi127 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%53

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

How far

How far Rock Island commutes

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

12%

23%

13%

51%

12%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Island 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 Rock Island are

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

Jobs based in Rock Island

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Rock Island residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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.