Work & commute · Franklin Grove

Work & commute in Franklin Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Franklin Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dixon (23%), Ashton (7%) and Rockford (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 354 Franklin Grove residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin Grove.

354live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin Grove goes to work

Dixon9.1 mi away

23%82

Ashton4.3 mi away

7%25

Rockford31.3 mi away

4%14

Sterling20.6 mi away

3%12

Dixon8.4 mi away

3%12

Amboy8.9 mi away

2%9

Franklin Grove (in town)right here

2%8

Rochelle13.3 mi away

2%8

Chicago83.1 mi away

2%8

Sterling20.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%178

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

How far

How far Franklin Grove commutes

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

38%

19%

12%

32%

38%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin Grove is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin Grove are

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

Jobs based in Franklin Grove

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Franklin Grove residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−50%

Jobs based in Franklin Grove, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 160. 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.