Work & commute · Coloma

Work & commute in Coloma, IL

Most working residents leave Coloma for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling (24%), Rock Falls (10%) and Sterling (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

499 of 4,333 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,834 Coloma residents head out of town to work, 499 work right here, and 1,697 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coloma.

3,834live here, work elsewhere

499live and work here

1,697work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coloma goes to work

Sterling2 mi away

24%1,022

Rock Falls0.2 mi away

10%445

Sterling3 mi away

9%396

Dixon12 mi away

7%304

Montmorency4.4 mi away

2%91

Chicago103.4 mi away

2%80

Hopkins6.4 mi away

2%79

Morrison14.2 mi away

2%74

Rock Island50.7 mi away

1%63

Dubuque, IA72.4 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,722

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

How far

How far Coloma commutes

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

50%

15%

13%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coloma is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coloma are

2,196 jobs are based in Coloma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coloma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coloma

2,196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Coloma residents hold

4,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Coloma, 2013 → 2023: 2,579 → 2,196. 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.