Work & commute · Altona

Work & commute in Altona, IL

Most working residents leave Altona for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (14%), Galesburg (9%) and Oneida (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 173 Altona residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altona.

173live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altona goes to work

Peoria38 mi away

14%24

Galesburg15.9 mi away

9%16

Oneida4.3 mi away

5%8

Moline30.6 mi away

5%8

Galva7.6 mi away

3%6

Monmouth28.5 mi away

3%6

Knoxville15.7 mi away

3%5

Davenport, IA38.1 mi away

3%5

East Moline30.3 mi away

2%4

Altona (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%91

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

How far

How far Altona commutes

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

14%

22%

36%

27%

14%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altona is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Altona are

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

Jobs based in Altona

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Altona residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

Jobs based in Altona, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 61. 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.