Work & commute · Davenport

Work & commute in Davenport, IA

47% of Davenport’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bettendorf (9%), Rock Island (5%) and Moline (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

20,007 of 42,902 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,895 Davenport residents head out of town to work, 20,007 work right here, and 37,589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davenport.

22,895live here, work elsewhere

20,007live and work here

37,589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davenport goes to work

Davenport (in town)right here

47%20,007

Bettendorf6.6 mi away

9%3,768

Rock Island, IL6.1 mi away

5%2,088

Moline, IL7.7 mi away

4%1,649

East Moline, IL11.5 mi away

2%1,057

Cedar Rapids62.2 mi away

2%778

Muscatine25.8 mi away

2%761

Riverdale7.4 mi away

2%743

Eldridge5.8 mi away

2%730

Iowa City48.4 mi away

1%613

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%10,708

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

How far

How far Davenport commutes

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

72%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davenport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Davenport are

57,596 jobs are based in Davenport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Davenport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Davenport

57,596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Davenport residents hold

42,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−2%

Jobs based in Davenport, 2013 → 2023: 59,048 → 57,596. 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.