Work & commute · Loves Park

Work & commute in Loves Park, IL

Most working residents leave Loves Park for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (36%), Machesney Park (5%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,281 of 11,134 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 9,853 Loves Park residents head out of town to work, 1,281 work right here, and 10,753 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loves Park.

9,853live here, work elsewhere

1,281live and work here

10,753work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loves Park goes to work

Rockford6.4 mi away

36%4,023

Loves Park (in town)right here

12%1,281

Machesney Park2.4 mi away

5%543

Chicago75.7 mi away

4%472

Belvidere7.6 mi away

4%396

Beloit, WI12.9 mi away

2%250

Roscoe6.1 mi away

1%130

Janesville, WI24 mi away

1%130

Elgin40.2 mi away

1%129

South Beloit10.3 mi away

1%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,664

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

How far

How far Loves Park commutes

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

58%

10%

24%

58%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loves Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Loves Park are

12,034 jobs are based in Loves Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loves Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Loves Park

12,034 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Loves Park residents hold

11,134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−3%

Jobs based in Loves Park, 2013 → 2023: 12,421 → 12,034. 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.