Work & commute · Davis

Work & commute in Davis, IL

Most working residents leave Davis for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (17%), Freeport (17%) and Monroe (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Davis residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davis.

255live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davis goes to work

Rockford21.2 mi away

17%44

Freeport14.5 mi away

17%43

Monroe, WI16.9 mi away

7%18

Dakota6.2 mi away

5%13

Dakota6.7 mi away

4%10

Loves Park22 mi away

3%8

Chicago97.4 mi away

2%5

Pecatonica8.3 mi away

2%4

Machesney Park20.3 mi away

2%4

Rock City2.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%106

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

How far

How far Davis commutes

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

17%

56%

20%

17%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davis is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Davis are

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

Jobs based in Davis

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Davis residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+22%

Jobs based in Davis, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 78. 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.