Work & commute · Hillcrest

Work & commute in Hillcrest, IL

Most working residents leave Hillcrest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rochelle (31%), Rockford (8%) and DeKalb (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 436 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 425 Hillcrest residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillcrest.

425live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillcrest goes to work

Rochelle3.3 mi away

31%136

Rockford20.2 mi away

8%35

DeKalb16.4 mi away

6%26

Chicago71.4 mi away

6%26

Oregon14.4 mi away

3%11

Hillcrest (in town)right here

3%11

Loves Park25.8 mi away

2%7

Ashton10.7 mi away

1%5

Dixon23 mi away

1%5

Malta9.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%169

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

How far

How far Hillcrest commutes

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

40%

23%

13%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillcrest is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillcrest are

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

Jobs based in Hillcrest

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hillcrest residents hold

436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+21%

Jobs based in Hillcrest, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 236. 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.