Work & commute · Oregon-Nashua

Work & commute in Oregon-Nashua, IL

About one in 4 of Oregon-Nashua’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oregon (19%), Rockford (11%) and Dixon (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

493 of 1,993 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,500 Oregon-Nashua residents head out of town to work, 493 work right here, and 1,808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oregon-Nashua.

1,500live here, work elsewhere

493live and work here

1,808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oregon-Nashua goes to work

Oregon2.1 mi away

19%375

Rockford23.5 mi away

11%218

Dixon12.3 mi away

6%124

Oregon-Nashua (in town)right here

6%118

Rochelle14.4 mi away

4%82

Chicago85.2 mi away

4%76

Rockvale7 mi away

3%62

Byron10.3 mi away

3%53

Ashton9.7 mi away

2%35

Mount Morris6.8 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%817

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

How far

How far Oregon-Nashua commutes

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

34%

31%

11%

23%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oregon-Nashua is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oregon-Nashua are

2,301 jobs are based in Oregon-Nashua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oregon-Nashua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oregon-Nashua

2,301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Oregon-Nashua residents hold

1,993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−1%

Jobs based in Oregon-Nashua, 2013 → 2023: 2,323 → 2,301. 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.