Work & commute · Freeport

Work & commute in Freeport, IL

About one in 3 of Freeport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Freeport (36%), Rockford (7%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

3,439 of 9,574 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,135 Freeport residents head out of town to work, 3,439 work right here, and 6,684 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeport.

6,135live here, work elsewhere

3,439live and work here

6,684work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeport goes to work

Freeport0 mi away

36%3,439

Rockford29.3 mi away

7%662

Chicago104.8 mi away

5%479

Monroe, WI21.7 mi away

2%239

Dakota10 mi away

2%182

Lancaster4.7 mi away

2%166

Florence4.4 mi away

2%161

Ridott8 mi away

1%106

Silver Creek4.6 mi away

1%102

DeKalb51.8 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,938

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

How far

How far Freeport commutes

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

44%

11%

15%

30%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeport are

10,123 jobs are based in Freeport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Freeport

10,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Freeport residents hold

9,574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−7%

Jobs based in Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 10,844 → 10,123. 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.