Work & commute · Colona

Work & commute in Colona, IL

Most working residents leave Colona for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (13%), Davenport (12%) and East Moline (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 2,995 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,856 Colona residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colona.

2,856live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

699work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colona goes to work

Moline6.7 mi away

13%388

Davenport, IA14.1 mi away

12%349

East Moline4.8 mi away

9%265

Rock Island11.2 mi away

9%255

Bettendorf, IA9.7 mi away

4%129

Colona2.4 mi away

4%121

Geneseo11.1 mi away

4%117

Silvis3.8 mi away

3%84

Hampton5.3 mi away

3%75

Orion7 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,140

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

How far

How far Colona commutes

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

46%

29%

20%

46%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colona is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colona are

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

Jobs based in Colona

838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Colona residents hold

2,995 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−17%

Jobs based in Colona, 2013 → 2023: 1,004 → 838. 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.