Work & commute · Caledonia

Work & commute in Caledonia, IL

Most working residents leave Caledonia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (24%), Belvidere (10%) and Loves Park (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 3,188 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,158 Caledonia residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caledonia.

3,158live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caledonia goes to work

Rockford11.3 mi away

24%778

Belvidere7.3 mi away

10%331

Loves Park5.5 mi away

6%178

Chicago72.5 mi away

5%157

Machesney Park6.3 mi away

3%84

Poplar Grove3.4 mi away

2%70

Beloit, WI12.1 mi away

2%69

Harvard14.9 mi away

1%43

Candlewick Lake2.1 mi away

1%40

Roscoe6.7 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,400

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

How far

How far Caledonia commutes

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

39%

24%

12%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caledonia is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caledonia are

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

Jobs based in Caledonia

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Caledonia residents hold

3,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+159%

Jobs based in Caledonia, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 163. 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.