Work & commute · Lee

Work & commute in Lee, IL

Most working residents leave Lee for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rochelle (7%), Ashton (6%) and Rockford (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

33 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 95 Lee residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lee.

95live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lee goes to work

Rochelle10.6 mi away

7%7

Ashton15.4 mi away

6%6

Rockford32.7 mi away

6%6

DeKalb13.6 mi away

5%5

Creston9.7 mi away

3%3

Dixon27.8 mi away

3%3

Aurora33.6 mi away

3%3

Chicago64.8 mi away

3%3

Franklin Grove18.7 mi away

2%2

Shabbona3.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%55

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

How far

How far Lee commutes

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

12%

27%

37%

24%

12%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lee is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lee are

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

Jobs based in Lee

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Lee residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+55%

Jobs based in Lee, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 17. 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.