Work & commute · Nachusa

Work & commute in Nachusa, IL

Most working residents leave Nachusa for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dixon (20%), Ashton (7%) and Chicago (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 189 Nachusa residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nachusa.

189live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nachusa goes to work

Dixon5.5 mi away

20%37

Ashton8.2 mi away

7%13

Chicago86.9 mi away

6%12

Sterling16.7 mi away

4%7

Rochelle17.2 mi away

3%6

Dixon5.3 mi away

3%6

Rockford33.9 mi away

3%5

Rockvale17.9 mi away

3%5

Franklin Grove3.9 mi away

2%4

Palmyra10.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%90

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

How far

How far Nachusa commutes

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

35%

16%

13%

35%

35%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nachusa is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nachusa are

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

Jobs based in Nachusa

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Nachusa residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−21%

Jobs based in Nachusa, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 70. 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.