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 (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 2,245 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,142 Colona residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 462 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colona.

2,142live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

462work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colona goes to work

Moline8.4 mi away

13%286

Davenport, IA15.2 mi away

12%274

East Moline4.3 mi away

10%225

Rock Island13.1 mi away

8%183

Colona (in town)right here

5%103

Bettendorf, IA9.9 mi away

4%98

Geneseo9.3 mi away

4%90

Silvis4.4 mi away

3%74

Milan12.2 mi away

2%49

Hampton4.7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%816

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.

45%

30%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colona is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colona are

565 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

565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Colona residents hold

2,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in Colona, 2013 → 2023: 546 → 565. 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.