With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Rockford works elsewhere
Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). Employers in Rockford report 128 jobs for 448 working residents. The poverty rate is 2.0% (Indiana 12.3%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Rockford: the gist
Rockford and Seymour trade workers both ways
Seymour is the top workplace for Rockford residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Rockford come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rockford is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Rockford, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rockford has about 440 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Rockford are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 448 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
33% of working residents work in Seymour
Where Rockford clocks in
33% of workers
17% of workers
9% 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.
How many people are in Rockford by day
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Rockford on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Rockford’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockford workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 447 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Rockford is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockford, 2014 → 2024: 27 → 128. 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 Rockford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rockford
About 21% 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.
33% of Rockford works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Seymour. Darker towns draw more of Rockford’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Rockford: questions
What is the median household income in Rockford?
$115,917 (±$113,010) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockford?
2.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockford?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockford work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seymour (33%, 3 mi), Columbus (17%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rockford 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 Rockford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockford
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.