With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Swedona works elsewhere
50% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. There are 2 jobs in Swedona; 49 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Swedona itself; outside it, Rock Island draws the most (18%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Swedona for work, and who comes in
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Swedona on a workday afternoon, 73% 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.
Commuting out of Swedona: the destinations
Where Swedona clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Swedona
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Swedona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Swedona
of Swedona workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 commuters (the 50% 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 Swedona
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Swedona workers work outside Illinois. The job records count 14% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Swedona: questions
What is the poverty rate in Swedona?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Swedona work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Island (18%, 15 mi), Moline (8%, 14 mi), Davenport (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Swedona 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 Swedona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swedona
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.