Work & commute · Rockvale

Work & commute in Rockvale, IL

Most working residents leave Rockvale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (23%), Byron (9%) and Oregon (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 738 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 697 Rockvale residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 1,524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockvale.

697live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

1,524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockvale goes to work

Rockford18.5 mi away

23%173

Byron4.7 mi away

9%65

Oregon5 mi away

6%44

Chicago86.6 mi away

4%32

Rockvale (in town)right here

4%32

Dixon18.2 mi away

3%20

Oregon-Nashua7 mi away

3%20

Freeport20.7 mi away

2%18

Stillman Valley8.3 mi away

2%16

Loves Park24.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%303

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

How far

How far Rockvale commutes

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

28%

40%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockvale is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockvale are

1,565 jobs are based in Rockvale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockvale

1,565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Rockvale residents hold

738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+16%

Jobs based in Rockvale, 2013 → 2023: 1,352 → 1,565. 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.