Work & commute · Rock Run

Work & commute in Rock Run, IL

Most working residents leave Rock Run for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (16%), Freeport (15%) and Monroe (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 946 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 925 Rock Run residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Run.

925live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Run goes to work

Rockford22.5 mi away

16%151

Freeport11.4 mi away

15%141

Monroe, WI16.9 mi away

6%61

Dakota3.3 mi away

4%37

Chicago99 mi away

3%32

Dakota4.5 mi away

3%31

Loves Park24 mi away

3%25

Springfield180.2 mi away

1%13

Lena18.3 mi away

1%12

DeKalb48.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%432

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

How far

How far Rock Run commutes

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

17%

49%

12%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Run is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Run are

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

Jobs based in Rock Run

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Rock Run residents hold

946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+21%

Jobs based in Rock Run, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 215. 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.