Work & commute · Lost Nation

Work & commute in Lost Nation, IL

Most working residents leave Lost Nation for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dixon (10%), Rockford (8%) and Oregon (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 293 Lost Nation residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lost Nation.

293live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lost Nation goes to work

Dixon7.3 mi away

10%30

Rockford28.6 mi away

8%23

Oregon7.2 mi away

7%22

Rochelle15.7 mi away

7%21

Ashton8 mi away

5%14

Chicago86.8 mi away

3%10

DeKalb31.9 mi away

3%8

Dixon5.6 mi away

2%7

Oregon-Nashua5.3 mi away

2%7

Freeport29.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%146

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

How far

How far Lost Nation commutes

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

29%

21%

24%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lost Nation is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lost Nation are

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

Jobs based in Lost Nation

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lost Nation residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+60%

Jobs based in Lost Nation, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 32. 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.