Work & commute · East Dubuque

Work & commute in East Dubuque, IL

Most working residents leave East Dubuque for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (32%), Galena (7%) and Dunleith (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

62 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 East Dubuque residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 637 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Dubuque.

555live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

637work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Dubuque goes to work

Dubuque, IA4.3 mi away

32%195

East Dubuque (in town)right here

10%62

Galena11 mi away

7%41

Dunleith0.7 mi away

5%30

Davenport, IA64.4 mi away

5%28

Chicago157.1 mi away

2%12

Menominee4.3 mi away

2%11

Jamestown, WI4.8 mi away

2%11

Rock Island70.4 mi away

1%7

Rawlins9.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%214

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

How far

How far East Dubuque commutes

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

54%

10%

34%

54%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Dubuque is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Dubuque are

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

Jobs based in East Dubuque

699 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs East Dubuque residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in East Dubuque, 2013 → 2023: 626 → 699. 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.