Photo: Ran Yaniv Hartstein from Tel Aviv, Israel · CC BY 2.0South Roxana has lower household incomes than 74% of U.S. towns
6% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois. The poverty rate is 22.3%, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. For jobs and income South Roxana is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in South Roxana, in a few figures
What drives the Jobs & income grade in South Roxana
Job access by car holds South Roxana’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, South Roxana could be anywhere from C− to B+.
80% of the jobs in South Roxana pay over $3,333 a month
653 jobs are based in South Roxana.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Roxana, 2013 → 2023: 640 → 653. 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 South Roxana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of South Roxana on a workday
On a workday 768 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 642 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Granite City
Where South Roxana clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
The trip to work from South Roxana: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Roxana workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 916 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.
Where in the region South Roxana works
About 16% 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.
Driving is how South Roxana gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 980 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). 3.6% of South Roxana households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of South Roxana’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, South Roxana is 3,291st among 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,289 | Cornplanter Township PA | 2,258 | $69K | 16.6% | 2.9% | 3% | C |
| 3,290 | Forest Heights TX | 1,795 | $81K | 24.0% | 3.2% | 3% | C |
| 3,291 | South Roxana IL | 1,849 | $60K | 22.3% | 5.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,292 | Franklin Township OH | 1,661 | $79K | 19.5% | 6.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,293 | Forest Meadows CA | 1,623 | $89K | 11.0% | 1.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 South Roxana, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to South Roxana
The biggest share goes to Edwardsville (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | South Roxana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Roxana | – | C | C− | 26 min | $60,214 |
| Roxana | under 2% | B− | C | 19 min | $64,516 |
| Edwardsville | 9% | A | B+ | 23 min | $86,721 |
| Hartford | under 2% | C | C+ | 24 min | $41,092 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of South 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 South Roxana: questions
What is the median household income in South Roxana?
$60,214 (±$6,626) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Roxana?
22.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Roxana?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Roxana work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granite City (11%, 7 mi), Edwardsville (9%, 4 mi), St. Louis (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is South Roxana walkable?
South Roxana is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around South Roxana without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Roxana, from the people who make the trip.
More of South 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.