Work & commute · Buffalo Prairie

Work & commute in Buffalo Prairie, IL

Most working residents leave Buffalo Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Island (18%), Chicago (9%) and Muscatine (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 33 Buffalo Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo Prairie.

33live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo Prairie goes to work

Rock Island16.3 mi away

18%6

Chicago167 mi away

9%3

Muscatine, IA12.6 mi away

9%3

Davenport, IA19.6 mi away

9%3

Milan16.2 mi away

6%2

Moline20.8 mi away

6%2

Buffalo Prairie3.9 mi away

6%2

Roseville43.2 mi away

3%1

Farmington62.6 mi away

3%1

Silvis25.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%9

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

How far

How far Buffalo Prairie commutes

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

12%

55%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo Prairie is a job hub

3.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Buffalo Prairie

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Buffalo Prairie residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+511%

Jobs based in Buffalo Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 110. 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.