Work & commute · South Grove

Work & commute in South Grove, IL

Most working residents leave South Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are DeKalb (16%), Sycamore (13%) and Malta (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 210 South Grove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Grove.

210live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Grove goes to work

DeKalb9.4 mi away

16%33

Sycamore10.7 mi away

13%28

Malta5.9 mi away

4%9

St. Charles30.2 mi away

4%8

Rockford19 mi away

4%8

DeKalb8.1 mi away

4%8

Aurora35.3 mi away

3%6

Chicago62.9 mi away

2%5

Rochelle11.5 mi away

2%4

Schaumburg41 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%99

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

How far

How far South Grove commutes

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

26%

27%

28%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Grove is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Grove are

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

Jobs based in South Grove

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs South Grove residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−2%

Jobs based in South Grove, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 44. 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.