Work & commute · Taylor

Work & commute in Taylor, IL

Most working residents leave Taylor for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dixon (11%), Rochelle (9%) and Rockford (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 383 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 380 Taylor residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taylor.

380live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taylor goes to work

Dixon8.7 mi away

11%41

Rochelle14 mi away

9%34

Rockford27.9 mi away

8%29

Oregon7.1 mi away

7%25

Chicago85 mi away

4%16

Ashton6.4 mi away

4%14

DeKalb30.2 mi away

3%11

Oregon-Nashua5.1 mi away

3%11

Sterling20.1 mi away

2%7

Dixon7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%188

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

How far

How far Taylor commutes

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

27%

24%

22%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taylor is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taylor are

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

Jobs based in Taylor

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Taylor residents hold

383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+95%

Jobs based in Taylor, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 39. 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.