Work & commute · Lena

Work & commute in Lena, IL

Most working residents leave Lena for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (15%), Monroe (10%) and Rockford (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

183 of 1,356 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,173 Lena residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 642 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lena.

1,173live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

642work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lena goes to work

Freeport11.4 mi away

15%202

Lena (in town)right here

13%183

Monroe, WI18.2 mi away

10%129

Rockford39.6 mi away

5%71

Chicago115.7 mi away

4%50

Stockton9.4 mi away

3%37

Kent4.1 mi away

2%30

Winslow7.2 mi away

2%23

Erin4.1 mi away

1%19

Pearl City7.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%594

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

How far

How far Lena commutes

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

27%

35%

11%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lena is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lena are

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

Jobs based in Lena

825 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lena residents hold

1,356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+32%

Jobs based in Lena, 2013 → 2023: 625 → 825. 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.