Work & commute · Machesney Park

Work & commute in Machesney Park, IL

Most working residents leave Machesney Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (33%), Loves Park (11%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

773 of 10,827 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 10,054 Machesney Park residents head out of town to work, 773 work right here, and 5,180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Machesney Park.

10,054live here, work elsewhere

773live and work here

5,180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Machesney Park goes to work

Rockford7.7 mi away

33%3,521

Loves Park2.4 mi away

11%1,143

Machesney Park (in town)right here

7%773

Chicago77.8 mi away

4%423

Beloit, WI10.8 mi away

3%321

Belvidere9.9 mi away

3%289

Roscoe4.1 mi away

2%236

Janesville, WI21.9 mi away

2%163

South Beloit8.1 mi away

1%148

Rockton5.8 mi away

1%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,679

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

How far

How far Machesney Park commutes

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

55%

13%

25%

55%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Machesney Park is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Machesney Park are

5,953 jobs are based in Machesney Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Machesney Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Machesney Park

5,953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Machesney Park residents hold

10,827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1%

Jobs based in Machesney Park, 2013 → 2023: 5,890 → 5,953. 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.