Work & commute · Galva

Work & commute in Galva, IL

About one in 4 of Galva’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Galva (24%), Kewanee (14%) and Galesburg (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

255 of 1,084 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 829 Galva residents head out of town to work, 255 work right here, and 571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galva.

829live here, work elsewhere

255live and work here

571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galva goes to work

Galva1.1 mi away

24%255

Kewanee7 mi away

14%153

Galesburg23.9 mi away

6%61

Geneseo19.4 mi away

4%39

Peoria37.1 mi away

3%32

Cambridge10.9 mi away

3%29

Davenport, IA39 mi away

2%25

Chicago129.8 mi away

2%24

Toulon11.1 mi away

2%19

Moline31.3 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%430

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

How far

How far Galva commutes

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

38%

24%

17%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galva is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Galva are

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

Jobs based in Galva

826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Galva residents hold

1,084 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+30%

Jobs based in Galva, 2013 → 2023: 635 → 826. 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.