Work & commute · Hillsdale

Work & commute in Hillsdale, IL

Most working residents leave Hillsdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (15%), Moline (9%) and East Moline (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 179 Hillsdale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsdale.

179live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsdale goes to work

Davenport, IA22.5 mi away

15%27

Moline18.6 mi away

9%17

East Moline12.6 mi away

8%14

Rock Island23.3 mi away

6%11

Bettendorf, IA15.9 mi away

6%10

Joslin4.9 mi away

6%10

Silvis14.3 mi away

4%7

Geneseo10.7 mi away

3%5

Port Byron8.2 mi away

2%4

Chicago129.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%71

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

How far

How far Hillsdale commutes

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

12%

61%

24%

12%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsdale is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsdale are

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

Jobs based in Hillsdale

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hillsdale residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−29%

Jobs based in Hillsdale, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 61. 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.