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Jobs & commute in Radom

Most of Radom commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

17 jobs are based in Radom; 86 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Radom; the top destination outside it is Nashville (17%, 12 miles). 4% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Radom by day and by night

On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

86live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday110
180live here− 86head out to work+ 17come in to work= 110on a workday

About 110 people are in Radom on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Radom’s residents

Hoyleton: 2 residents work here (2%)RadomAshleyWaltonvilleNashville: 15 residents work here (17%)Centralia: 2 residents work here (2%)Sparta: 2 residents work here (2%)Carbondale: 2 residents work here (2%)O'Fallon: 2 residents work here (2%)Mount Vernon: 6 residents work here (7%)St. Louis: 4 residents work here (5%)Oakdale TownshipOkawville TownshipBald Hill TownshipCasner TownshipBainbridge TownshipIrving TownshipLively Grove Township: 7 residents work here (8%)Nashville Township: 4 residents work here (5%)NashvilleLively Grove TownshipMount VernonSt. LouisNashville TownshipHoyletonRadom
1
Nashville11.7 mi away
17%15
28%7
3
Mount Vernon15.1 mi away
7%6
4
St. Louis, MO62 mi away
5%4
5
Nashville Township13.4 mi away
5%4
6
Hoyleton12.3 mi away
2%2
7
Centralia17.1 mi away
2%2
8
Sparta30.8 mi away
2%2
9
Carbondale38.6 mi away
2%2
10
O'Fallon45 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%40
The top trips

Where Radom clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 88% of the jobs in Radom

Jobs based in RadomJobs Radom residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms88%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices12%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%27%
Over $3,333 a month76%55%

Who does it

29 or younger18%14%
30 to 5435%49%
55 and older47%37%
+31%

Jobs based in Radom, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 17. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Radom’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Radom spends getting to work: about 30 minutes

A year of commuting
233 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Radom30 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Radom workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Radom gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 80 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

How many miles Radom commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miNashville: 17% · 11.7 miLively Grove Township: 8% · 24.9 miMount Vernon: 7% · 15.1 miSt. Louis: 5% · 62 miNashville Township: 5% · 13.4 miHoyleton: 2% · 12.3 miCentralia: 2% · 17.1 miSparta: 2% · 30.8 miCarbondale: 2% · 38.6 miO'Fallon: 2% · 45 miNashville 17%Mount Vernon 7%St. Louis 5%Nashville Township 5%Radom
RadomTop destinations (size = commuters)
1%Under 10 mi1 residents
51%10–24 mi44 residents
22%25–50 mi19 residents
26%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Radom: questions

What is the median household income in Radom?

$55,833 (±$17,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Radom?

7.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Radom?

30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Radom work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (17%, 12 mi), Lively Grove Township (8%, 25 mi), Mount Vernon (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Radom without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Radom, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Radom

Radom home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.