Work & commute · Loran

Work & commute in Loran, IL

Most working residents leave Loran for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (19%), Lena (8%) and Kent (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 643 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 591 Loran residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loran.

591live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loran goes to work

Freeport9.4 mi away

19%124

Lena9.7 mi away

8%53

Kent6.9 mi away

8%50

Pearl City2.3 mi away

6%41

Chicago112.2 mi away

5%29

Rockford37.9 mi away

3%18

Erin6.3 mi away

3%17

Loran (in town)right here

2%11

Stockton12.8 mi away

2%10

Florence5.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%280

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

How far

How far Loran commutes

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

40%

24%

10%

25%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loran is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loran are

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

Jobs based in Loran

285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Loran residents hold

643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−12%

Jobs based in Loran, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 285. 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.