Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and the daily commute in Preemption
Preemption has 108 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. Hardly any work in Preemption itself; outside it, Rock Island draws the most (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Preemption by day
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19 people are in Preemption on a workday afternoon, 85% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Preemption: the destinations
Where Preemption clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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 Preemption
of Preemption workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 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.
Half of Preemption commutes less than 16 miles
About 24% 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 Preemption: questions
What is the median household income in Preemption?
$86,406 (±$4,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Preemption?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Preemption work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Island (11%, 11 mi), Moline (11%, 12 mi), Davenport (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Preemption 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 Preemption, from the people who make the trip.
More of Preemption
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.