Fehr, Charles, Round Barn · Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Most of Rock Grove Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Rock Grove Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Rock Grove Township has 135 jobs for 657 working residents. For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rock Grove Township stands out on work
Rock Grove Township is a place people come home to
There are 135 jobs based in Rock Grove Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rock Grove Township has about 940 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rock Grove Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rock Grove Township is Rockford, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (94) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Rock Grove Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 657 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rock Grove Township
On income, poverty and job access, Rock Grove Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Rock Grove Township’s grade up ($99,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Rock Grove Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rock Grove Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Rock Grove Township
On a workday 650 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Rock Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
How far Rock Grove Township’s workers travel
About 27% 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.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rock Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 599 commuters (the 5% 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.
14% of working residents work in Rockford
Where Rock Grove Township clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 87% of the jobs in Rock Grove Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rock Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 135. 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 Rock Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Rock Grove Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rock Grove Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rock Grove Township 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 632 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). 3.8% of Rock Grove Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rock Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rock Grove Township is 1,178th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,176 | Black Earth WI | 1,523 | $76K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,177 | Custer Township IL | 1,347 | $122K | 11.3% | 11.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,178 | Rock Grove Township IL | 1,458 | $100K | 7.1% | 5.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,179 | Lincoln WI | 1,093 | $111K | 7.9% | 5.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,180 | Glidden TX | 1,071 | $99K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Rock Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Rock Grove Township
The biggest share goes to Dakota Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rock Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Grove Township | – | B+ | D− | 37 min | $99,500 |
| Laona Township | under 2% | A | C | 33 min | $110,237 |
| Rock Run Township | 1% | B+ | C | 30 min | $90,083 |
| Oneco Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $69,630 |
| Dakota Township | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lake Summerset | under 2% | B | C− | 40 min | $108,355 |
| Buckeye Township | under 2% | B− | C | 29 min | $76,094 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dakota Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rock Grove Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Rock Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rock Grove Township?
$99,500 (±$31,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rock Grove Township?
7.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rock Grove Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rock Grove Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (14%, 26 mi), Freeport (12%, 16 mi), Monroe (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rock Grove Township walkable?
Rock Grove Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rock Grove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rock Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rock Grove Township
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.