Photo: Aneekr at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Rosemont has 13.3 jobs per working resident, and 25,655 people come in to work
At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). Rosemont has 26,033 jobs, and 1,960 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Rosemont B; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Rosemont: the gist
Rosemont fills up on a workday
Rosemont has 26,033 jobs, 13.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 28,000 people are in town, 7 times the 3,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Rosemont and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Rosemont residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Rosemont come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rosemont draws workers from far and wide
The 26,033 jobs in Rosemont are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 39%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The jobs in Rosemont pay better than its residents’ jobs
79% of the jobs based in Rosemont pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 64% of the jobs Rosemont residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Rosemont. The jobs ↓
Most Rosemont residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Where Rosemont’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rosemont is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #377 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Rosemont’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($63,517, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rosemont could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
How many people are in Rosemont by day
On a workday 1,582 residents head out to work and 378 work right here.
About 28,000 people are in Rosemont on a workday afternoon, 631% more 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.
Where Rosemont’s workers come from
Where Rosemont clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
79% of the jobs in Rosemont pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosemont, 2013 → 2023: 19,654 → 26,033. 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 Rosemont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Rosemont to work
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.
Commuting from Rosemont: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosemont workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,611 commuters (the 7% 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.
Rosemont is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 55% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 24.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 15.7% of Rosemont households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Rosemont’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rosemont ranks: 1,486th of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,484 | Tara Hills CA | 4,840 | $102K | 8.6% | 7.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,485 | Crest CA | 2,775 | $110K | 6.4% | 12.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,486 | Rosemont IL | 3,815 | $64K | 6.8% | 5.0% | 19% | B |
| 1,487 | Vicksburg MI | 3,973 | $73K | 4.9% | 4.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,488 | St. Clair PA | 2,755 | $64K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Rosemont, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 32% of Rosemont’s workers
The biggest share goes to Chicago (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosemont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont | – | B | A+ | 23 min | $63,517 |
| Chicago | 23% | B− | A+ | 33 min | $77,902 |
| Leyden Township | under 2% | B+ | A | 29 min | $79,935 |
| Maine Township | under 2% | A− | A+ | 30 min | $98,291 |
| Des Plaines | 7% | A | A | 28 min | $97,875 |
| Park Ridge | 2% | A+ | A+ | 29 min | $142,986 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosemont’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 Rosemont: questions
What is the median household income in Rosemont?
$63,517 (±$11,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosemont?
6.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosemont?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosemont work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (23%, 14 mi), Des Plaines (7%, 4 mi), Elk Grove Village (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosemont walkable?
Rosemont is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.3 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosemont without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 55% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosemont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosemont
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.