Work & commute · Byron

Work & commute in Byron, IL

Most working residents leave Byron for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (23%), Byron (11%) and Oregon (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

337 of 2,902 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,565 Byron residents head out of town to work, 337 work right here, and 1,110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Byron.

2,565live here, work elsewhere

337live and work here

1,110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Byron goes to work

Rockford12.1 mi away

23%673

Byron3 mi away

11%331

Oregon11.2 mi away

4%124

Chicago84.2 mi away

4%124

Rockvale6.8 mi away

4%122

Loves Park18 mi away

3%83

Stillman Valley6 mi away

2%63

Belvidere20.4 mi away

2%55

Oregon-Nashua13.1 mi away

1%43

Rochelle19.9 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,244

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

How far

How far Byron commutes

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

28%

38%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Byron is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Byron are

1,447 jobs are based in Byron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Byron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Byron

1,447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Byron residents hold

2,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+3%

Jobs based in Byron, 2013 → 2023: 1,411 → 1,447. 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.