Work & commute · South Beloit

Work & commute in South Beloit, IL

Most working residents leave South Beloit for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (18%), Beloit (12%) and Janesville (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

246 of 3,670 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,424 South Beloit residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 2,682 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Beloit.

3,424live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

2,682work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Beloit goes to work

Rockford15.7 mi away

18%672

Beloit, WI2.7 mi away

12%438

South Beloit (in town)right here

7%246

Janesville, WI13.8 mi away

6%235

Chicago82 mi away

4%164

Loves Park10.3 mi away

4%159

Rockton3.2 mi away

4%149

Machesney Park8.1 mi away

3%116

Roscoe4.2 mi away

3%106

Belvidere16.8 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,311

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

How far

How far South Beloit commutes

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

33%

35%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Beloit is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Beloit are

2,928 jobs are based in South Beloit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Beloit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Beloit

2,928 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs South Beloit residents hold

3,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+18%

Jobs based in South Beloit, 2013 → 2023: 2,485 → 2,928. 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.