Work & commute · Pecatonica

Work & commute in Pecatonica, IL

Most working residents leave Pecatonica for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (32%), Pecatonica (9%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

202 of 1,926 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,724 Pecatonica residents head out of town to work, 202 work right here, and 444 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pecatonica.

1,724live here, work elsewhere

202live and work here

444work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pecatonica goes to work

Rockford15 mi away

32%607

Pecatonica3.6 mi away

9%181

Chicago91.4 mi away

4%78

Loves Park16.8 mi away

3%64

Winnebago7.7 mi away

2%43

Machesney Park15.4 mi away

2%35

Belvidere23.2 mi away

2%35

Rockford14.8 mi away

1%27

Beloit, WI19.5 mi away

1%26

Seward8.1 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%807

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

How far

How far Pecatonica commutes

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

18%

49%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pecatonica is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pecatonica are

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

Jobs based in Pecatonica

646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pecatonica residents hold

1,926 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−17%

Jobs based in Pecatonica, 2013 → 2023: 774 → 646. 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.