Work & commute · Cambridge

Work & commute in Cambridge, IL

Most working residents leave Cambridge for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Geneseo (10%), Davenport (9%) and Moline (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

110 of 900 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 790 Cambridge residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambridge.

790live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambridge goes to work

Cambridge (in town)right here

12%110

Geneseo11.1 mi away

10%89

Davenport, IA28.1 mi away

9%79

Moline20.4 mi away

7%61

East Moline18.7 mi away

4%39

Orion10.4 mi away

3%29

Rock Island23.8 mi away

3%28

Peoria47.9 mi away

2%18

Milan21.7 mi away

2%17

Galesburg25.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%415

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.

22%

40%

18%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambridge are

676 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

676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cambridge residents hold

900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−27%

Jobs based in Cambridge, 2013 → 2023: 930 → 676. 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.