Work & commute · Poplar Grove

Work & commute in Poplar Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Poplar Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (28%), Belvidere (11%) and Loves Park (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 2,194 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,156 Poplar Grove residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poplar Grove.

2,156live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poplar Grove goes to work

Rockford12.9 mi away

28%617

Belvidere6.2 mi away

11%249

Loves Park8 mi away

6%137

Chicago69.1 mi away

6%125

Machesney Park9.4 mi away

2%48

Beloit, WI15 mi away

2%41

Poplar Grove (in town)right here

2%38

Janesville, WI24.8 mi away

1%23

Elgin34 mi away

1%22

Harvard12.6 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%873

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

How far

How far Poplar Grove commutes

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

27%

39%

13%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poplar Grove is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poplar Grove are

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

Jobs based in Poplar Grove

389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Poplar Grove residents hold

2,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+6%

Jobs based in Poplar Grove, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 389. 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.