Work & commute · Le Claire

Work & commute in Le Claire, IA

Most working residents leave Le Claire for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (29%), Bettendorf (13%) and Moline (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 2,019 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,868 Le Claire residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 771 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Claire.

1,868live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

771work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Le Claire goes to work

Davenport12 mi away

29%585

Bettendorf5.5 mi away

13%256

Le Claire (in town)right here

7%151

Moline, IL9.9 mi away

6%113

Riverdale6 mi away

4%76

Rock Island, IL13.9 mi away

4%74

East Moline, IL5.3 mi away

3%69

Hampton, IL4.7 mi away

3%60

Eldridge11 mi away

2%43

Cedar Rapids71.8 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%558

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

How far

How far Le Claire commutes

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

43%

37%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Le Claire is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Claire are

922 jobs are based in Le Claire. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Le Claire’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Le Claire

922 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Le Claire residents hold

2,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+3%

Jobs based in Le Claire, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 922. 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.