Work & commute · Eldridge

Work & commute in Eldridge, IA

Most working residents leave Eldridge for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (37%), Bettendorf (8%) and Rock Island (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

433 of 2,966 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,533 Eldridge residents head out of town to work, 433 work right here, and 2,673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eldridge.

2,533live here, work elsewhere

433live and work here

2,673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eldridge goes to work

Davenport5.8 mi away

37%1,092

Eldridge (in town)right here

15%433

Bettendorf7.3 mi away

8%237

Rock Island, IL11.7 mi away

3%96

Moline, IL11.7 mi away

3%79

East Moline, IL12.9 mi away

2%64

Hampton, IL12.6 mi away

2%63

DeWitt12.8 mi away

2%55

Cedar Rapids60.9 mi away

2%48

Muscatine29.4 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%755

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

How far

How far Eldridge commutes

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

61%

21%

15%

61%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eldridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eldridge are

3,106 jobs are based in Eldridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eldridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eldridge

3,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Eldridge residents hold

2,966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+15%

Jobs based in Eldridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,706 → 3,106. 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.