A job hub: Roxana has 3.6 jobs per working resident, and 2,296 people come in to work
Employers in Roxana report 2,334 jobs, and 644 of its residents work somewhere. Roxana grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 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
What stands out about work in Roxana
Roxana fills up on a workday
Roxana has 2,334 jobs, 3.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,100 people are in town, more than double the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Roxana makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Roxana are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Roxana residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 11%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Roxana pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Roxana pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Roxana residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Roxana. The jobs ↓
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 644 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Roxana’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Roxana is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Roxana’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,516, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Roxana’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, Roxana could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
In and out of Roxana on a workday
On a workday 606 residents head out to work and 38 work right here.
About 3,100 people are in Roxana on a workday afternoon, 121% 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.
Goods, not services: 67% of the jobs in Roxana
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roxana, 2013 → 2023: 2,102 → 2,334. 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 Roxana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Roxana
Where Roxana clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roxana workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 682 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.
Roxana’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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 Roxana start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roxana is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of 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 709 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.8% of Roxana households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roxana’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Roxana is 1,868th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,866 | Union Township PA | 1,541 | $81K | 4.9% | 8.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,867 | Grant AL | 1,078 | $91K | 8.6% | 2.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,868 | Roxana IL | 1,395 | $65K | 12.4% | 4.4% | 6% | B− |
| 1,869 | Newark TX | 1,307 | $77K | 19.5% | 4.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,870 | Monroe Township IN | 1,548 | $82K | 7.1% | 1.2% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Roxana, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Roxana and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wood River (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roxana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxana | – | B− | C | 19 min | $64,516 |
| South Roxana | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $60,214 |
| Wood River | 5% | B | B | 24 min | $62,703 |
| Hartford | under 3% | C | C+ | 24 min | $41,092 |
| Wood River Township | under 3% | B− | B | 23 min | $62,083 |
| Fort Russell Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $73,179 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roxana’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 Roxana: questions
What is the median household income in Roxana?
$64,516 (±$6,242) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roxana?
12.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roxana?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roxana work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edwardsville (11%, 4 mi), Alton (7%, 8 mi), St. Louis (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roxana walkable?
Roxana is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roxana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roxana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roxana
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.