Work & commute · Candlewick Lake

Work & commute in Candlewick Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Candlewick Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (20%), Belvidere (11%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 2,099 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,056 Candlewick Lake residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Candlewick Lake.

2,056live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Candlewick Lake goes to work

Rockford11.7 mi away

20%424

Belvidere6 mi away

11%231

Chicago70.4 mi away

5%104

Loves Park6.6 mi away

4%93

Beloit, WI14.1 mi away

2%50

Machesney Park8 mi away

2%47

Poplar Grove1.5 mi away

2%46

Candlewick Lake (in town)right here

2%43

Harvard13.8 mi away

2%32

Elgin35.3 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,002

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

How far

How far Candlewick Lake commutes

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

32%

28%

14%

26%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Candlewick Lake is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Candlewick Lake are

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

Jobs based in Candlewick Lake

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Candlewick Lake residents hold

2,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+51%

Jobs based in Candlewick Lake, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 80. 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.