Work & commute · Beloit

Work & commute in Beloit, WI

About one in 4 of Beloit’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Janesville (16%), Madison (8%) and Beloit (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

4,440 of 15,897 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 11,457 Beloit residents head out of town to work, 4,440 work right here, and 12,244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beloit.

11,457live here, work elsewhere

4,440live and work here

12,244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beloit goes to work

Beloit (in town)right here

28%4,440

Janesville11.1 mi away

16%2,492

Madison44.2 mi away

8%1,338

Beloit3.5 mi away

3%440

South Beloit, IL2.7 mi away

3%432

Milwaukee65 mi away

2%306

Rockford, IL18.4 mi away

2%255

Darien16.5 mi away

1%180

Fitchburg38.1 mi away

1%179

Clinton8 mi away

1%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%5,682

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.

42%

21%

19%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beloit is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beloit are

16,684 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

16,684 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Beloit residents hold

15,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+15%

Jobs based in Beloit, 2013 → 2023: 14,508 → 16,684. 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.