Work & commute · Bonus

Work & commute in Bonus, IL

Most working residents leave Bonus for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (23%), Belvidere (17%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,718 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,707 Bonus residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonus.

1,707live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonus goes to work

Rockford16 mi away

23%397

Belvidere7.1 mi away

17%285

Chicago63.3 mi away

5%87

Loves Park12.8 mi away

3%50

Marengo8.7 mi away

2%41

Belvidere7 mi away

2%28

Elgin28.2 mi away

1%24

Beloit, WI20.7 mi away

1%21

Woodstock16.4 mi away

1%20

Machesney Park14.7 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%746

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

How far

How far Bonus commutes

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

27%

36%

17%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonus is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonus are

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

Jobs based in Bonus

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bonus residents hold

1,718 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+55%

Jobs based in Bonus, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 317. 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.