Work, pay and getting to work in Illinois City
0% of workers work from home, where Illinois State as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Illinois City itself; outside it, Davenport draws the most (18%, 19 miles). Illinois City has 68 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Illinois City, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Illinois City on a workday afternoon, 93% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Illinois City to work: where people go
Where Illinois City clocks in
18% of workers
15% of workers
15% 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.
Working from home in Illinois City
of Illinois City workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois State. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois State: 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.
Illinois City’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
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 Illinois City: questions
What is the poverty rate in Illinois City?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois State and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Illinois City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (18%, 19 mi), Rock Island (15%, 17 mi), Muscatine (15%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Illinois City 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 Illinois City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Illinois City
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.