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Jobs & commute in Lynnville Township

Jobs and earnings in Lynnville Township, and the trip to work

The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. 8% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Only 2% stay in Lynnville Township for work; outside it, Rockford is the main destination (20%, 17 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Lynnville Township: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 189 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.

189live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
190work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night570
Workday570
570live here− 190head out to work+ 190come in to work= 570on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Lynnville Township work

Stillman Valley: 5 residents work here (3%)OregonDavis Junction: 3 residents work here (2%)Byron: 5 residents work here (3%)Rochelle: 16 residents work here (8%)Belvidere: 4 residents work here (2%)DeKalb: 4 residents work here (2%)Loves Park: 6 residents work here (3%)Chicago: 9 residents work here (5%)Rockford: 38 residents work here (20%)Rockvale Township: 4 residents work here (2%)White Rock TownshipSouth Grove TownshipRockford TownshipDement TownshipLynnville TownshipMarion TownshipMonroe TownshipRockfordRochelleChicagoLoves ParkStillman ValleyByronLynnville Township
1
Rockford17.2 mi away
20%38
2
Rochelle7.7 mi away
8%16
3
Chicago68.1 mi away
5%9
4
Loves Park22.2 mi away
3%6
5
Stillman Valley11.6 mi away
3%5
6
Byron15.9 mi away
3%5
7
Belvidere18 mi away
2%4
8
DeKalb13.8 mi away
2%4
9
Rockvale Township18.6 mi away
2%4
10
Davis Junction8.6 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%98
The top trips

Where Lynnville Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Lynnville Township, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

193 jobs are based in Lynnville Township.

Jobs based in Lynnville TownshipJobs Lynnville Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms46%21%
Trade, transport & utilities39%26%
Services: health, schools, offices15%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less6%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%29%
Over $3,333 a month74%62%

Who does it

29 or younger16%22%
30 to 5451%50%
55 and older33%28%
+33%

Jobs based in Lynnville Township, 2014 → 2024: 145 → 193. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynnville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Lynnville Township spends getting to work: about 31 minutes

A year of commuting
236 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lynnville Township31 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Lynnville Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Lynnville Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
7%Carpool
2%Other

Share of the 278 commuters (the 8% 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.

How far

How far Lynnville Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRockford: 20% · 17.2 miRochelle: 8% · 7.7 miChicago: 5% · 68.1 miLoves Park: 3% · 22.2 miStillman Valley: 3% · 11.6 miByron: 3% · 15.9 miBelvidere: 2% · 18 miDeKalb: 2% · 13.8 miRockvale Township: 2% · 18.6 miDavis Junction: 2% · 8.6 miRockford 20%Rochelle 8%Chicago 5%Loves Park 3%Stillman Valley 3%Lynnville Township
Lynnville TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi37 residents
44%10–24 mi85 residents
15%25–50 mi28 residents
22%Over 50 mi42 residents

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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Lynnville Township and the towns next door

South Grove Township: few work hereMonroe Township: few work hereDement Township: few work hereWhite Rock Township: few work hereSouth Grove TownshipMonroe TownshipDement TownshipWhite Rock TownshipLynnville Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

South Grove Township29 min
Dement Township31 min
Lynnville Township31 min
White Rock Township32 min
Monroe Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownLynnville Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lynnville Township–——31 min$91,607
South Grove Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Monroe Townshipunder 2%AC−34 min$93,056
Dement Townshipunder 2%——31 min—
White Rock Townshipunder 2%——32 min—

Same-state neighbors only. South Grove Township and Dement Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. White Rock Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Lynnville Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lynnville Township: questions

What is the median household income in Lynnville Township?

$91,607 (±$35,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Lynnville Township?

7.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Lynnville Township?

31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Lynnville Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (20%, 17 mi), Rochelle (8%, 8 mi), Chicago (5%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Lynnville Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Lynnville Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Lynnville Township

Lynnville Township home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.