Work & commute · Cherry Valley

Work & commute in Cherry Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Cherry Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (41%), Belvidere (7%) and Loves Park (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,216 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,185 Cherry Valley residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 2,537 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry Valley.

1,185live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

2,537work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry Valley goes to work

Rockford4.8 mi away

41%497

Belvidere4.9 mi away

7%82

Loves Park7.2 mi away

3%42

Chicago71.7 mi away

3%42

Cherry Valley (in town)right here

3%31

Machesney Park9.5 mi away

2%26

Beloit, WI20 mi away

2%20

Belvidere5.4 mi away

1%11

Cherry Valley2.7 mi away

1%11

Rochelle22.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%444

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.

58%

11%

21%

58%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry Valley is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry Valley are

2,568 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

2,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cherry Valley residents hold

1,216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−6%

Jobs based in Cherry Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2,746 → 2,568. 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.