Work & commute · Owen

Work & commute in Owen, IL

Most working residents leave Owen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (35%), Loves Park (6%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,735 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,693 Owen residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 1,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owen.

1,693live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

1,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owen goes to work

Rockford8.8 mi away

35%600

Loves Park6.3 mi away

6%108

Chicago82.1 mi away

4%75

Beloit, WI10.7 mi away

4%70

Machesney Park4.3 mi away

4%66

Rockton5 mi away

2%42

Belvidere13.8 mi away

2%42

South Beloit8.1 mi away

2%40

Janesville, WI21.4 mi away

2%36

Roscoe5.8 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%621

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

How far

How far Owen commutes

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

49%

16%

10%

26%

49%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owen is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Owen are

1,567 jobs are based in Owen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Owen

1,567 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Owen residents hold

1,735 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−15%

Jobs based in Owen, 2013 → 2023: 1,833 → 1,567. 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.