Work & commute · East Galena

Work & commute in East Galena, IL

Most working residents leave East Galena for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Galena (36%), Dubuque (13%) and The Galena Territory (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 499 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 480 East Galena residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Galena.

480live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Galena goes to work

Galena2.7 mi away

36%179

Dubuque, IA17.9 mi away

13%67

The Galena Territory2.9 mi away

5%25

Davenport, IA60.4 mi away

2%9

Chicago143.5 mi away

2%8

Freeport38.8 mi away

1%6

East Galena (in town)right here

1%6

Rawlins4.2 mi away

1%6

Scales Mound7.6 mi away

1%5

Warren20.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%183

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

How far

How far East Galena commutes

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

47%

20%

28%

47%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Galena is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Galena are

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

Jobs based in East Galena

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs East Galena residents hold

499 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−65%

Jobs based in East Galena, 2013 → 2023: 535 → 185. 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.