Work & commute · Shirland

Work & commute in Shirland, IL

Most working residents leave Shirland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (20%), Chicago (5%) and Loves Park (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 395 Shirland residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shirland.

395live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shirland goes to work

Rockford16.4 mi away

20%81

Chicago89.5 mi away

5%20

Loves Park14.1 mi away

4%18

Durand6.6 mi away

4%17

Machesney Park11.8 mi away

3%14

Durand8.4 mi away

3%14

Beloit, WI10.3 mi away

3%13

Rockton7.6 mi away

2%8

Shirland (in town)right here

2%8

Janesville, WI17.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%203

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

How far

How far Shirland commutes

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

19%

42%

31%

19%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shirland is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shirland are

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

Jobs based in Shirland

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Shirland residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+231%

Jobs based in Shirland, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 159. 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.