Work & commute · Rock Grove

Work & commute in Rock Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Rock Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (14%), Freeport (12%) and Monroe (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 657 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 650 Rock Grove residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Grove.

650live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Grove goes to work

Rockford26.1 mi away

14%94

Freeport15.5 mi away

12%76

Monroe, WI11.7 mi away

5%31

Chicago102 mi away

5%30

Dakota5.6 mi away

4%24

Dakota6.9 mi away

3%18

Loves Park26.3 mi away

2%16

Durand8.3 mi away

2%12

Pecatonica13.3 mi away

2%11

Rock Run6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%336

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

How far

How far Rock Grove commutes

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

14%

44%

15%

27%

14%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Grove is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Grove are

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

Jobs based in Rock Grove

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Rock Grove residents hold

657 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+99%

Jobs based in Rock Grove, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 135. 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.