Work & commute · Belvidere

Work & commute in Belvidere, IL

Most working residents leave Belvidere for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (20%), Chicago (5%) and Loves Park (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,683 of 9,644 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 7,961 Belvidere residents head out of town to work, 1,683 work right here, and 7,754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belvidere.

7,961live here, work elsewhere

1,683live and work here

7,754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belvidere goes to work

Rockford9 mi away

20%1,919

Belvidere (in town)right here

17%1,683

Chicago68.4 mi away

5%517

Loves Park7.6 mi away

3%268

Marengo14.9 mi away

2%184

Elgin32.8 mi away

2%162

Union17.7 mi away

2%156

Belvidere1.1 mi away

1%126

Hampshire22.1 mi away

1%109

Beloit, WI19 mi away

1%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%4,419

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.

31%

29%

18%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belvidere is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belvidere are

9,437 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

9,437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Belvidere residents hold

9,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−28%

Jobs based in Belvidere, 2013 → 2023: 13,171 → 9,437. 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.