Work & commute · Grand Detour

Work & commute in Grand Detour, IL

Most working residents leave Grand Detour for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dixon (14%), Sterling (9%) and Polo (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 285 Grand Detour residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Detour.

285live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Detour goes to work

Dixon5.6 mi away

14%42

Sterling15.8 mi away

9%25

Polo8.9 mi away

7%21

Chicago90.1 mi away

4%13

Oregon8.2 mi away

4%12

Dixon3.7 mi away

4%11

Sterling15 mi away

3%10

Rockford30.3 mi away

3%9

DeKalb35.2 mi away

2%6

Rockvale12.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%137

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

How far

How far Grand Detour commutes

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

31%

26%

18%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Detour is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Detour are

130 jobs are based in Grand Detour. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Detour’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Detour

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Grand Detour residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+51%

Jobs based in Grand Detour, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 130. 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.