Work & commute · Aledo

Work & commute in Aledo, IL

40% of Aledo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rock Island (7%), Davenport (6%) and Moline (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

649 of 1,606 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 957 Aledo residents head out of town to work, 649 work right here, and 1,215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aledo.

957live here, work elsewhere

649live and work here

1,215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aledo goes to work

Aledo (in town)right here

40%649

Rock Island20.5 mi away

7%107

Davenport, IA25.8 mi away

6%96

Moline23.6 mi away

4%60

Muscatine, IA22.6 mi away

3%41

Peoria66.5 mi away

2%36

East Moline29 mi away

2%31

Galesburg25.8 mi away

2%28

Milan19 mi away

2%26

Chicago164.4 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%507

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

How far

How far Aledo commutes

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

44%

21%

13%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aledo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aledo are

1,864 jobs are based in Aledo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aledo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aledo

1,864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Aledo residents hold

1,606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+12%

Jobs based in Aledo, 2013 → 2023: 1,659 → 1,864. 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.