Work & commute · West Brooklyn

Work & commute in West Brooklyn, IL

Most working residents leave West Brooklyn for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mendota (6%), Rockford (5%) and Ashton (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 77 West Brooklyn residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Brooklyn.

77live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Brooklyn goes to work

Mendota9.8 mi away

6%5

Rockford39.3 mi away

5%4

Ashton12.7 mi away

4%3

Amboy10.1 mi away

4%3

Dixon19.9 mi away

4%3

Peru23.3 mi away

4%3

Aurora44.5 mi away

4%3

Chicago76 mi away

4%3

Paw Paw8.7 mi away

3%2

Carol Stream54.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%46

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

How far

How far West Brooklyn commutes

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

35%

29%

27%

9%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Brooklyn is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Brooklyn are

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

Jobs based in West Brooklyn

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs West Brooklyn residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−61%

Jobs based in West Brooklyn, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 9. 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.