There are 3.3 jobs in Buffalo Prairie for every working resident, and 110 people commute in
Hardly any stay in Buffalo Prairie for work; outside it, Rock Island is the main destination (18%, 16 miles). Employers in Buffalo Prairie report 110 jobs for 33 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Buffalo Prairie
On a workday 33 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 86 people are in Buffalo Prairie on a workday afternoon, 856% more than live here.
3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Buffalo Prairie live
Where Buffalo Prairie clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Buffalo Prairie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buffalo Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 110. 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 Buffalo Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Buffalo Prairie
of Buffalo Prairie workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Buffalo Prairie
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.
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 Buffalo Prairie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Buffalo Prairie?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Buffalo Prairie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Island (18%, 16 mi), Chicago (9%, 167 mi), Muscatine (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Buffalo Prairie 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 Buffalo Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buffalo Prairie
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.