Work & commute · Malta

Work & commute in Malta, IL

Most working residents leave Malta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are DeKalb (18%), Sycamore (11%) and Rockford (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 517 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 512 Malta residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malta.

512live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malta goes to work

DeKalb6.4 mi away

18%93

Sycamore11.1 mi away

11%57

Rockford24.9 mi away

7%36

Chicago61.4 mi away

4%22

Rochelle9.8 mi away

3%14

Malta0.6 mi away

3%14

Aurora32.1 mi away

2%10

Elgin29.1 mi away

2%10

Batavia29.4 mi away

2%9

Mayfield8.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%244

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

How far

How far Malta commutes

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

34%

15%

34%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malta is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Malta are

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

Jobs based in Malta

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Malta residents hold

517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+53%

Jobs based in Malta, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 69. 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.