Work & commute · Davis Junction

Work & commute in Davis Junction, IL

Most working residents leave Davis Junction for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (30%), Rochelle (6%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,100 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,093 Davis Junction residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davis Junction.

1,093live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davis Junction goes to work

Rockford10.1 mi away

30%331

Rochelle13.6 mi away

6%67

Chicago74.7 mi away

5%50

Stillman Valley4.6 mi away

4%48

Byron8.9 mi away

3%38

Loves Park16.1 mi away

3%31

Belvidere14.7 mi away

3%28

Machesney Park17.8 mi away

2%20

DeKalb21.8 mi away

2%18

Rockvale12.9 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%452

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

How far

How far Davis Junction commutes

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

22%

47%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davis Junction is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Davis Junction are

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

Jobs based in Davis Junction

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Davis Junction residents hold

1,100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−3%

Jobs based in Davis Junction, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 224. 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.