Most of Reynolds commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Reynolds report 36 jobs; 209 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Reynolds; the top destination outside it is Rock Island (18%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Reynolds
Reynolds is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Reynolds, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reynolds has about 320 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Reynolds workers cross into Iowa
21% of Reynolds workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Davenport (9%) and Muscatine (7%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Reynolds are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois 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 209 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Reynolds on a workday afternoon
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Reynolds on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The towns that employ Reynolds’ residents
Where Reynolds clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Reynolds
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reynolds workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 commuters (the 8% 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.
The kinds of work in Reynolds
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reynolds, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 36. 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 Reynolds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Reynolds
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.
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 Reynolds: questions
What is the median household income in Reynolds?
$76,458 (±$7,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reynolds?
20.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reynolds?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reynolds work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Island (18%, 10 mi), Davenport (9%, 16 mi), Muscatine (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reynolds without a car?
0% 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 Reynolds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reynolds
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.