Work & commute · Amboy

Work & commute in Amboy, IL

Most working residents leave Amboy for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dixon (12%), Amboy (11%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

180 of 1,267 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,087 Amboy residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amboy.

1,087live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amboy goes to work

Dixon11.4 mi away

12%156

Amboy0.2 mi away

11%142

Chicago85.8 mi away

5%65

Sterling19.2 mi away

4%56

Amboy (in town)right here

3%38

Mendota16.5 mi away

2%31

Ashton12.3 mi away

2%30

Rockford40.4 mi away

2%30

Dixon12.3 mi away

2%26

Ottawa36.6 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%671

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Amboy commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

31%

14%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amboy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Amboy are

1,059 jobs are based in Amboy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amboy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amboy

1,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Amboy residents hold

1,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−2%

Jobs based in Amboy, 2013 → 2023: 1,078 → 1,059. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.