Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Davis Junction has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. 224 jobs are based in Davis Junction, and 1,100 of its residents work somewhere. Davis Junction grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Davis Junction at work: what stands out
Davis Junction is a place people come home to
There are 224 jobs based in Davis Junction, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Davis Junction has about 1,700 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Davis Junction workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
30% of Davis Junction works in Rockford
331 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Rockford, 10 miles away. That’s 30 times as many as work in Davis Junction itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Davis Junction’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Davis Junction is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #437 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Davis Junction’s grade up ($107,833, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Davis Junction could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Davis Junction
On a workday 1,093 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Davis Junction on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davis Junction workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,220 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
30% of working residents work in Rockford
Where Davis Junction clocks in
30% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
68% of the jobs in Davis Junction pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davis Junction, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 224. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Davis Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Davis Junction’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Davis Junction gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Davis Junction is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #746 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Davis Junction near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,336 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Davis Junction households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Davis Junction’s commuters take a bus or train.
Davis Junction places 1,835th of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,833 | Oronoco Township MN | 2,491 | $124K | 6.7% | 8.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,834 | Fairlawn VA | 2,488 | $67K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,835 | Davis Junction IL | 2,566 | $108K | 8.7% | 6.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,836 | Avoca PA | 2,551 | $63K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,837 | Sunrise Township MN | 2,160 | $111K | 5.7% | 5.1% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Davis Junction, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Davis Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Davis Junction?
$107,833 (±$14,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davis Junction?
8.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davis Junction?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davis Junction work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (30%, 10 mi), Rochelle (6%, 14 mi), Chicago (5%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Davis Junction walkable?
Davis Junction is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Davis Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Davis Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davis Junction
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.