Work & commute · White Rock

Work & commute in White Rock, IL

Most working residents leave White Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (24%), Rochelle (10%) and Belvidere (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 286 White Rock residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Rock.

286live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Rock goes to work

Rockford17.1 mi away

24%70

Rochelle6.9 mi away

10%28

Belvidere20.8 mi away

4%13

Byron10.9 mi away

3%9

Chicago74.2 mi away

3%9

Stillman Valley7.3 mi away

3%8

DeKalb19.5 mi away

2%6

Lynnville6.2 mi away

2%6

Roscoe28.9 mi away

1%4

Loves Park23.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%132

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

How far

How far White Rock commutes

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

22%

43%

11%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Rock is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Rock are

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

Jobs based in White Rock

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs White Rock residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−47%

Jobs based in White Rock, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 91. 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.