Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Davis has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Davis report 78 jobs for 258 working residents. Only 1% stay in Davis for work; outside it, Rockford is the main destination (17%, 21 miles). The trip to work takes 33 minutes on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Davis apart on work
Davis is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Davis, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Davis has about 390 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Davis workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 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 258 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Davis by day
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Davis on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Davis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davis workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 240 commuters (the 18% 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.
Where Davis goes to work
Where Davis clocks in
17% of workers
17% of workers
7% 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.
What Davis’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davis, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 78. 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 Davis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Davis goes to work
About 20% 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 Davis: questions
What is the median household income in Davis?
$62,050 (±$10,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davis?
6.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davis?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davis work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (17%, 21 mi), Freeport (17%, 14 mi), Monroe (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Davis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Davis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davis
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.