Work & commute · Pecatonica

Work & commute in Pecatonica, IL

Most working residents leave Pecatonica for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (32%), Chicago (4%) and Loves Park (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 957 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 868 Pecatonica residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pecatonica.

868live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pecatonica goes to work

Rockford15.4 mi away

32%302

Pecatonica (in town)right here

9%89

Chicago91.8 mi away

4%40

Loves Park18.4 mi away

3%32

Winnebago6.9 mi away

2%23

Machesney Park17.5 mi away

2%20

Belvidere24.2 mi away

2%18

Seward4.8 mi away

1%14

Madison, WI53.9 mi away

1%11

Pecatonica3.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%397

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%

48%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pecatonica is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pecatonica are

569 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

569 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pecatonica residents hold

957 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−20%

Jobs based in Pecatonica, 2013 → 2023: 709 → 569. 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.