Work & commute · Ridott

Work & commute in Ridott, IL

Most working residents leave Ridott for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (26%), Rockford (13%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 572 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 548 Ridott residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridott.

548live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridott goes to work

Freeport10 mi away

26%147

Rockford19.2 mi away

13%77

Chicago94.9 mi away

3%20

Lancaster8.1 mi away

3%15

Monroe, WI25.1 mi away

2%14

Silver Creek6.8 mi away

2%13

Forreston12.2 mi away

2%12

German Valley4.5 mi away

2%11

Ridott2.7 mi away

2%9

Loves Park23 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%245

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

How far

How far Ridott commutes

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

31%

36%

14%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridott is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridott are

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

Jobs based in Ridott

648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Ridott residents hold

572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−24%

Jobs based in Ridott, 2013 → 2023: 855 → 648. 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.