Most of Taylor Ridge commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 13 jobs in Taylor Ridge, against 54 working residents. Hardly any work in Taylor Ridge itself; outside it, Davenport draws the most (11%, 12 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Taylor Ridge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Taylor Ridge on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 Taylor Ridge’s residents
Where Taylor Ridge clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 92% of Taylor Ridge’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 13. 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 Taylor Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Taylor Ridge
of Taylor Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Taylor Ridge
About 35% 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 Taylor Ridge: questions
What is the poverty rate in Taylor Ridge?
6.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Taylor Ridge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (11%, 12 mi), Rock Island (9%, 7 mi), Moline (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Taylor Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taylor Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taylor Ridge
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.