Andalusia has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 74% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C: more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 53% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 23 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Andalusia; the top destination outside it is Rock Island (20%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Andalusia
Andalusia and Rock Island trade workers both ways
Rock Island is the top workplace for Andalusia residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Andalusia come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Andalusia is a place people come home to
There are 135 jobs based in Andalusia, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Andalusia has about 760 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Andalusia workers cross into Iowa
31% of Andalusia workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Davenport (12%), Bettendorf (4%) and Muscatine (2%) are among the top workplaces. 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; with 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Andalusia’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Andalusia is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,222, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Andalusia’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Andalusia could be anywhere from B− to A.
20% of working residents work in Rock Island
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Andalusia clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Andalusia quiets down on a workday
On a workday 552 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Andalusia on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 135 jobs in Andalusia are
135 jobs are based in Andalusia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Andalusia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andalusia, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andalusia workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 507 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Andalusia commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 2023.
Most trips from Andalusia start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Andalusia is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 524 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). 1.9% of Andalusia households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Andalusia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Andalusia is 587th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Andalusia, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 585 | Lyndhurst VA | 1,309 | $76K | 1.2% | 5.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 586 | Sidney IL | 1,167 | $89K | 4.3% | 4.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 587 | Andalusia IL | 1,175 | $77K | 4.7% | 2.4% | 0% | B+ |
| 588 | Powderly TX | 1,140 | $107K | 1.5% | 5.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 589 | Lake Ketchum WA | 1,235 | $136K | 6.4% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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.
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 Andalusia: questions
What is the median household income in Andalusia?
$77,222 (±$20,603) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andalusia?
4.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andalusia?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andalusia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Island (20%, 7 mi), Davenport (12%, 10 mi), Moline (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andalusia walkable?
Andalusia is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andalusia without a car?
1% 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 Andalusia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andalusia
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.