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Work & commute in Cambridge, IL

Most working residents leave Cambridge for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (12%), Geneseo (10%) and Davenport (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
132 of 1,040 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 908 Cambridge residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambridge.

908live here, work elsewhere
132live and work here
589work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cambridge goes to work

OrionAndoverCambridgeGalvaGeneseoMilanKewaneeRock IslandMolineEast MolinePeoriaDavenportCambridgeMunsonOscoEdfordBurnsAndoverCambridgeGeneseoDavenportMolineEast MolineRock IslandOrionKewaneePeoriaMilanCambridge
1
Cambridge2.9 mi away
12%123
2
Geneseo11.5 mi away
10%100
3
Davenport, IA30.7 mi away
8%86
4
Moline23 mi away
6%67
5
East Moline20.8 mi away
4%44
6
Rock Island26.6 mi away
3%36
7
Orion13.3 mi away
3%31
8
Kewanee11.4 mi away
2%20
9
Peoria45.7 mi away
2%20
10
Milan24.5 mi away
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%494

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

How far

How far Cambridge commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cambridge is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambridge are

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

Jobs based in Cambridge

721 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Cambridge residents hold

1,040 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−29%

Jobs based in Cambridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,021 → 721. 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.

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