Work & commute · Eliza

Work & commute in Eliza, IL

Most working residents leave Eliza for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Aledo (20%), Muscatine (12%) and Rock Island (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 141 Eliza residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eliza.

141live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eliza goes to work

Aledo14.2 mi away

20%29

Muscatine, IA9.8 mi away

12%17

Rock Island24.5 mi away

5%7

Davenport, IA27.4 mi away

5%7

Chicago175.1 mi away

4%5

Galesburg39.7 mi away

3%4

Peoria80.7 mi away

3%4

Orion32.3 mi away

1%2

Kewanee55.5 mi away

1%2

Moline29.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%63

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

How far

How far Eliza commutes

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

13%

34%

21%

32%

13%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eliza is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eliza are

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

Jobs based in Eliza

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Eliza residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−27%

Jobs based in Eliza, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 30. 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.