Work & commute · Roscoe

Work & commute in Roscoe, IL

Most working residents leave Roscoe for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (26%), Beloit (8%) and Loves Park (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

660 of 9,475 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,815 Roscoe residents head out of town to work, 660 work right here, and 3,858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roscoe.

8,815live here, work elsewhere

660live and work here

3,858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roscoe goes to work

Rockford13.6 mi away

26%2,475

Beloit, WI5.3 mi away

8%718

Loves Park7.7 mi away

6%533

Roscoe1.9 mi away

4%408

Chicago79.2 mi away

4%366

Machesney Park5.9 mi away

4%351

South Beloit3.1 mi away

4%340

Rockton3.6 mi away

3%314

Janesville, WI16.3 mi away

3%311

Belvidere13.8 mi away

3%269

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,390

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

How far

How far Roscoe commutes

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

34%

33%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roscoe is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roscoe are

4,518 jobs are based in Roscoe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roscoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roscoe

4,518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Roscoe residents hold

9,475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+34%

Jobs based in Roscoe, 2013 → 2023: 3,362 → 4,518. 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.