With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Roodhouse Township works elsewhere
Employers in Roodhouse Township report 115 jobs; 839 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Roodhouse Township D; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Roodhouse Township is behind 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Roodhouse Township apart on work
Roodhouse Township is a place people come home to
There are 115 jobs based in Roodhouse Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roodhouse Township has about 1,000 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 839 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Roodhouse Township
On income, poverty and job access, Roodhouse Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Roodhouse Township’s grade up ($59,250, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (13.3%) is left out: Roodhouse 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, Roodhouse Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Roodhouse Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 807 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Roodhouse Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Roodhouse Township
About 32% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
15% of working residents work in Jacksonville
Where Roodhouse Township clocks in
15% of workers
13% 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.
What Roodhouse Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roodhouse Township, 2014 → 2024: 269 → 115. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roodhouse Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roodhouse Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 549 commuters (the 18% 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.
The commute in Roodhouse Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roodhouse Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 671 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). 2.7% of Roodhouse Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roodhouse Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roodhouse Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 5,426th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 35 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
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| 40 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 5,424 | Elkhart KS | 1,722 | $57K | 16.9% | 0.0% | 31% | D |
| 5,425 | Lone Star TX | 1,391 | $39K | 28.0% | 8.1% | 2% | D |
| 5,426 | Roodhouse Township IL | 1,764 | $59K | 25.8% | 13.3% | 4% | D |
| 5,427 | Union Township MO | 2,179 | $54K | 17.2% | 3.9% | 12% | D |
| 5,428 | Texas Township PA | 2,273 | $42K | 20.2% | 4.6% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Roodhouse Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Roodhouse Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roodhouse Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roodhouse Township | – | D | D | 27 min | $59,250 |
| White Hall Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Patterson Township | under 2% | — | — | 53 min | — |
| Athensville Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Hall Township: not graded. Patterson Township and Athensville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roodhouse 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 2024, 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 Roodhouse Township: questions
What is the median household income in Roodhouse Township?
$59,250 (±$16,632) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roodhouse Township?
25.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roodhouse Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roodhouse Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (15%, 18 mi), Springfield (13%, 43 mi), White Hall (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Roodhouse Township walkable?
Roodhouse Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roodhouse Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roodhouse Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roodhouse Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.