Work & commute · Ridott

Work & commute in Ridott, IL

Most working residents leave Ridott for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (17%), Freeport (16%) and Lancaster (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 57 Ridott residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridott.

57live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridott goes to work

Rockford21.3 mi away

17%10

Freeport8 mi away

16%9

Lancaster5.4 mi away

7%4

Chicago97.3 mi away

5%3

Monroe, WI22.7 mi away

5%3

Dakota6.8 mi away

3%2

Sterling36.1 mi away

3%2

Belvidere30.2 mi away

3%2

Naperville77.4 mi away

3%2

Janesville, WI35.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%19

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.

34%

28%

17%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridott is a job hub

7.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

7.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridott are

430 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

430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Ridott residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−39%

Jobs based in Ridott, 2013 → 2023: 708 → 430. 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.