Work & commute · Geneseo

Work & commute in Geneseo, IL

About one in 3 of Geneseo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Moline (7%), Davenport (6%) and Rock Island (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

972 of 2,983 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,011 Geneseo residents head out of town to work, 972 work right here, and 2,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geneseo.

2,011live here, work elsewhere

972live and work here

2,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geneseo goes to work

Geneseo (in town)right here

33%972

Moline17.7 mi away

7%215

Davenport, IA24.4 mi away

6%181

Rock Island22.3 mi away

4%127

East Moline13 mi away

4%108

Peoria55.9 mi away

3%75

Hampton13.2 mi away

2%60

Kewanee18.9 mi away

2%55

Chicago130.3 mi away

2%55

Cambridge11.1 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,081

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

How far

How far Geneseo commutes

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

37%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geneseo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Geneseo are

3,940 jobs are based in Geneseo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Geneseo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Geneseo

3,940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Geneseo residents hold

2,983 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+26%

Jobs based in Geneseo, 2013 → 2023: 3,127 → 3,940. 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.