Work & commute · Walcott

Work & commute in Walcott, IA

Most working residents leave Walcott for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (32%), Bettendorf (6%) and Muscatine (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 676 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 636 Walcott residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 1,194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walcott.

636live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

1,194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walcott goes to work

Davenport9.4 mi away

32%215

Bettendorf15.7 mi away

6%42

Walcott (in town)right here

6%40

Muscatine18.8 mi away

5%33

Moline, IL16.5 mi away

4%27

Blue Grass5.4 mi away

4%24

Rock Island, IL13 mi away

3%22

Eldridge10.9 mi away

2%13

East Moline, IL20.8 mi away

2%12

Buffalo8.7 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%237

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

How far

How far Walcott commutes

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

32%

49%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walcott is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Walcott are

1,234 jobs are based in Walcott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walcott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walcott

1,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Walcott residents hold

676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+19%

Jobs based in Walcott, 2013 → 2023: 1,040 → 1,234. 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.