Work & commute · Dunleith

Work & commute in Dunleith, IL

Most working residents leave Dunleith for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (32%), East Dubuque (11%) and Galena (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

225 of 1,390 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,165 Dunleith residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 874 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunleith.

1,165live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

874work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunleith goes to work

Dubuque, IA4.9 mi away

32%451

East Dubuque0.7 mi away

11%155

Galena10.4 mi away

7%93

Dunleith (in town)right here

5%70

Davenport, IA63.8 mi away

4%51

Chicago156.5 mi away

2%34

Menominee3.7 mi away

2%30

Rockford80.7 mi away

1%19

Jamestown, WI5.2 mi away

1%16

Rock Island69.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%459

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

How far

How far Dunleith commutes

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

58%

33%

58%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunleith is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunleith are

1,099 jobs are based in Dunleith. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunleith’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dunleith

1,099 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Dunleith residents hold

1,390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Dunleith, 2013 → 2023: 1,099 → 1,099. 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.