Work & commute · Rochelle

Work & commute in Rochelle, IL

About one in 3 of Rochelle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rockford (7%), Chicago (5%) and DeKalb (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

1,256 of 3,612 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,356 Rochelle residents head out of town to work, 1,256 work right here, and 3,927 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rochelle.

2,356live here, work elsewhere

1,256live and work here

3,927work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rochelle goes to work

Rochelle (in town)right here

35%1,256

Rockford23.5 mi away

7%252

Chicago71.2 mi away

5%183

DeKalb16.3 mi away

4%141

Ashton9 mi away

2%86

Dixon21.9 mi away

2%55

Hillcrest3.3 mi away

1%50

Oregon15.4 mi away

1%44

Belvidere25.6 mi away

1%32

Byron17.4 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,486

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

How far

How far Rochelle commutes

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

42%

19%

14%

25%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rochelle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rochelle are

5,183 jobs are based in Rochelle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rochelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rochelle

5,183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Rochelle residents hold

3,612 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Rochelle, 2013 → 2023: 5,874 → 5,183. 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.