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Work & commute in Coal Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Coal Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (19%), Davenport (15%) and Rock Island (13%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
51 of 1,791 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,740 Coal Valley residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coal Valley.

1,740live here, work elsewhere
51live and work here
385work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Coal Valley goes to work

OrionCarbon CliffCoal ValleySilvisMilanRock IslandMolineEast MolineChicagoPeoriaBettendorfDavenportHamptonMolineDavenportRock IslandEast MolineBettendorfMilanHamptonPeoriaChicagoCoal Valley
1
Moline4.1 mi away
19%347
2
Davenport, IA11.8 mi away
15%276
3
Rock Island7.9 mi away
13%231
4
East Moline6.2 mi away
7%128
5
Bettendorf, IA9.1 mi away
4%70
6
Milan6.4 mi away
3%59
7
Coal Valley (in town)right here
3%51
8
Hampton6.7 mi away
2%40
9
Peoria63.9 mi away
2%34
10
Chicago144.9 mi away
2%27
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%528

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

How far

How far Coal Valley commutes

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

58%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Coal Valley is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coal Valley are

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

Jobs based in Coal Valley

436 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Coal Valley residents hold

1,791 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+16%

Jobs based in Coal Valley, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 436. 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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