Roodhouse has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Roodhouse report 85 jobs; 744 of its residents have a job. Roodhouse grades D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Roodhouse
Jobs & income in Roodhouse: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Roodhouse is better than 5% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Roodhouse’s grade.
Unemployment (16.1%) is left out: Roodhouse’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 could be anywhere from D− to D.
The workday shuffle in and out of Roodhouse
On a workday 722 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Roodhouse on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
16% of working residents work in Jacksonville
Where Roodhouse clocks in
16% of workers
16% 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.
Jobs in Roodhouse: what the 85 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roodhouse, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 85. 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 Roodhouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Roodhouse: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roodhouse workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 503 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Roodhouse works
About 27% 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.
The commute in Roodhouse is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roodhouse is more walkable than 16% 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 536 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). 2.9% of Roodhouse households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roodhouse’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roodhouse and other U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,732 | Saucier MS | 1,014 | $50K | 31.8% | 7.8% | 1% | D− |
| 5,733 | Huachuca City AZ | 1,583 | $51K | 20.2% | 3.7% | 3% | D− |
| 5,734 | Roodhouse IL | 1,484 | $53K | 25.6% | 16.1% | 3% | D− |
| 5,735 | Redkey IN | 1,071 | $43K | 34.6% | 5.5% | 3% | D− |
| 5,736 | Bloomfield MO | 1,734 | $42K | 25.1% | 7.4% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Roodhouse, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
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 Roodhouse: questions
What is the median household income in Roodhouse?
$52,604 (±$13,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roodhouse?
25.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roodhouse?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roodhouse work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (16%, 18 mi), Springfield (16%, 44 mi), White Hall (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roodhouse walkable?
Roodhouse is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roodhouse 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roodhouse
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.