Work & commute · Fulton

Work & commute in Fulton, IL

Most working residents leave Fulton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (29%), Fulton (16%) and Davenport (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

341 of 1,978 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,637 Fulton residents head out of town to work, 341 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fulton.

1,637live here, work elsewhere

341live and work here

1,015work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fulton goes to work

Clinton, IA6.7 mi away

29%568

Fulton2.2 mi away

16%312

Davenport, IA33.4 mi away

4%75

Camanche, IA10 mi away

3%60

Cordova14.1 mi away

3%56

Morrison9.6 mi away

2%46

Chicago125.4 mi away

2%39

Sterling22.6 mi away

2%37

Dubuque, IA52.3 mi away

2%31

Fulton (in town)right here

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%724

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

How far

How far Fulton commutes

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

53%

12%

13%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fulton is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fulton are

1,356 jobs are based in Fulton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fulton

1,356 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Fulton residents hold

1,978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−1%

Jobs based in Fulton, 2013 → 2023: 1,364 → 1,356. 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.