Work & commute · Belvidere

Work & commute in Belvidere, IL

Most working residents leave Belvidere for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (24%), Belvidere (16%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,679 of 11,846 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 10,167 Belvidere residents head out of town to work, 1,679 work right here, and 5,815 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belvidere.

10,167live here, work elsewhere

1,679live and work here

5,815work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belvidere goes to work

Rockford9 mi away

24%2,826

Belvidere1.1 mi away

16%1,889

Chicago69 mi away

5%595

Loves Park6.8 mi away

4%437

Elgin33.4 mi away

2%181

Marengo15.2 mi away

1%166

Belvidere (in town)right here

1%163

Machesney Park9.1 mi away

1%161

Union18 mi away

1%142

Beloit, WI17.9 mi away

1%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,152

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

How far

How far Belvidere commutes

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

36%

25%

16%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belvidere is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Belvidere are

7,494 jobs are based in Belvidere. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belvidere’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belvidere

7,494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Belvidere residents hold

11,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−10%

Jobs based in Belvidere, 2013 → 2023: 8,285 → 7,494. 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.