Work & commute · Rutland

Work & commute in Rutland, IL

Most working residents leave Rutland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Elgin (11%) and Schaumburg (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

347 of 14,077 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,730 Rutland residents head out of town to work, 347 work right here, and 3,656 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rutland.

13,730live here, work elsewhere

347live and work here

3,656work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rutland goes to work

Chicago41.8 mi away

13%1,887

Elgin6.5 mi away

11%1,484

Schaumburg17.7 mi away

4%630

Elk Grove Village22.7 mi away

2%303

Carpentersville6.2 mi away

2%296

Arlington Heights22.1 mi away

2%253

Hoffman Estates14.1 mi away

2%235

St. Charles14.1 mi away

2%229

Rockford34.9 mi away

2%223

Huntley3.8 mi away

2%216

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%8,321

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

How far

How far Rutland commutes

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

21%

35%

39%

21%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rutland is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rutland are

4,003 jobs are based in Rutland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rutland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rutland

4,003 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Rutland residents hold

14,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+44%

Jobs based in Rutland, 2013 → 2023: 2,779 → 4,003. 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.