Work & commute · Cherry Valley

Work & commute in Cherry Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Cherry Valley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (45%), Chicago (5%) and Loves Park (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

652 of 8,450 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,798 Cherry Valley residents head out of town to work, 652 work right here, and 8,485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry Valley.

7,798live here, work elsewhere

652live and work here

8,485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry Valley goes to work

Rockford5.5 mi away

45%3,791

Chicago71.6 mi away

5%387

Loves Park9.6 mi away

4%380

Belvidere7.1 mi away

4%347

Cherry Valley2.7 mi away

2%134

Machesney Park11.8 mi away

2%131

Elgin35.9 mi away

1%96

Rockford5.4 mi away

1%85

Beloit, WI22.5 mi away

1%79

Rochelle19.6 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,956

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

How far

How far Cherry Valley commutes

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

57%

10%

24%

57%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry Valley are

9,137 jobs are based in Cherry Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherry Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cherry Valley

9,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Cherry Valley residents hold

8,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+7%

Jobs based in Cherry Valley, 2013 → 2023: 8,561 → 9,137. 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.