Work & commute · Bettendorf

Work & commute in Bettendorf, IA

Most working residents leave Bettendorf for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (34%), Rock Island (5%) and Moline (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,910 of 16,819 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,909 Bettendorf residents head out of town to work, 2,910 work right here, and 11,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bettendorf.

13,909live here, work elsewhere

2,910live and work here

11,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bettendorf goes to work

Davenport6.6 mi away

34%5,739

Bettendorf (in town)right here

17%2,910

Rock Island, IL8.8 mi away

5%864

Moline, IL5.9 mi away

5%830

Hampton, IL5.3 mi away

3%542

Riverdale2.2 mi away

3%510

East Moline, IL5.6 mi away

3%465

Cedar Rapids67.8 mi away

2%338

Muscatine32.2 mi away

1%228

Des Moines162 mi away

1%223

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,170

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bettendorf commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

75%

17%

75%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bettendorf is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bettendorf are

14,021 jobs are based in Bettendorf. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bettendorf’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bettendorf

14,021 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bettendorf residents hold

16,819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Bettendorf, 2013 → 2023: 12,844 → 14,021. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.