Rome Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Jobs and income earn Rome Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Rome Township has 137 jobs; 702 of its residents have a job. 4% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rome Township, in a few figures
Rome Township is a place people come home to
There are 137 jobs based in Rome Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rome Township has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Rome Township works in Mount Vernon
253 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Mount Vernon, 8.5 miles away. That’s 36 times as many as work in Rome Township itself. The commute map ↓
Few Rome Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 702 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Rome Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rome Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Rome Township’s grade up (8.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($61,964, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Rome Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rome Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
In and out of Rome Township on a workday
On a workday 694 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Rome Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
36% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Rome Township clocks in
36% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines 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.
Rome Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rome Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 648 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.
Rome Township works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rome Township, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 137. 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 Rome Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Rome Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Most trips from Rome Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rome Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 673 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.0% of Rome Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rome Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rome Township places 3,225th of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 27 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,223 | Slayton MN | 1,930 | $62K | 14.3% | 1.8% | 32% | C+ |
| 3,224 | Garrison ND | 1,446 | $72K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 26% | C+ |
| 3,225 | Rome Township IL | 1,624 | $62K | 8.1% | 4.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,226 | Seville Township MI | 2,104 | $76K | 10.1% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,227 | Franconia NH | 1,143 | $87K | 11.4% | 3.2% | 13% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rome Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Rome Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rome Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome Township | – | C+ | C− | 25 min | $61,964 |
| Shiloh Township | under 2% | C | C | 14 min | $70,031 |
| Grand Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Field Township | under 2% | C | D− | 25 min | $70,284 |
| Raccoon Township | under 2% | B | C− | 20 min | $78,487 |
| Casner Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $65,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rome Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Rome Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rome Township?
$61,964 (±$7,060) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rome Township?
8.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rome Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rome Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (36%, 8 mi), Centralia (7%, 10 mi), Salem (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rome Township walkable?
Rome Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rome Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rome Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rome Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.