Work & commute · Big Rock

Work & commute in Big Rock, IL

Most working residents leave Big Rock for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), St. Charles (5%) and Naperville (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 865 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 837 Big Rock residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Rock.

837live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Rock goes to work

Chicago44.2 mi away

8%65

St. Charles15.9 mi away

5%44

Naperville19.4 mi away

5%41

Batavia13 mi away

5%39

Aurora12.7 mi away

4%38

Geneva13.5 mi away

4%35

Sycamore17.7 mi away

3%26

Elgin21.9 mi away

2%19

Elburn9.3 mi away

2%17

DeKalb15.7 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%524

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

How far

How far Big Rock commutes

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

13%

46%

37%

13%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Rock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Rock are

782 jobs are based in Big Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Rock

782 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Big Rock residents hold

865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−65%

Jobs based in Big Rock, 2013 → 2023: 2,264 → 782. 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.