Work & commute · Beloit

Work & commute in Beloit, WI

Most working residents leave Beloit for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Beloit (26%), Janesville (17%) and Madison (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

242 of 3,670 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,428 Beloit residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 1,628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beloit.

3,428live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

1,628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beloit goes to work

Beloit3.5 mi away

26%958

Janesville9.6 mi away

17%621

Madison41.2 mi away

9%338

Beloit (in town)right here

7%242

South Beloit, IL5.2 mi away

2%68

Milwaukee66.3 mi away

2%68

Delavan23.1 mi away

2%60

Rockford, IL20.3 mi away

1%50

Fitchburg34.8 mi away

1%47

Loves Park, IL15.3 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,179

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

How far

How far Beloit commutes

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

48%

18%

19%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beloit is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beloit are

1,870 jobs are based in Beloit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beloit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beloit

1,870 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Beloit residents hold

3,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+28%

Jobs based in Beloit, 2013 → 2023: 1,461 → 1,870. 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.