Work & commute · Winnebago

Work & commute in Winnebago, IL

Most working residents leave Winnebago for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (41%), Loves Park (3%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

96 of 1,437 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,341 Winnebago residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 665 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winnebago.

1,341live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

665work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winnebago goes to work

Rockford8.7 mi away

41%591

Winnebago (in town)right here

7%96

Loves Park13 mi away

3%50

Chicago84.8 mi away

3%46

Belvidere17.7 mi away

2%33

Rockford8.3 mi away

2%27

Pecatonica6.9 mi away

2%24

Byron10.1 mi away

2%22

Machesney Park12.8 mi away

2%22

Winnebago1.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%507

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

How far

How far Winnebago commutes

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

43%

29%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winnebago is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winnebago are

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

Jobs based in Winnebago

761 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Winnebago residents hold

1,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+18%

Jobs based in Winnebago, 2013 → 2023: 645 → 761. 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.