Work & commute · Joy

Work & commute in Joy, IL

Most working residents leave Joy for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Aledo (19%), Muscatine (12%) and Rock Island (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 140 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 140 Joy residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joy.

140live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joy goes to work

Aledo6.9 mi away

19%27

Muscatine, IA18.2 mi away

12%17

Rock Island24.2 mi away

6%8

Chicago171 mi away

4%6

Peoria72.6 mi away

4%5

Davenport, IA28.7 mi away

4%5

Galesburg31.2 mi away

3%4

East Moline33.9 mi away

3%4

Keithsburg7.3 mi away

2%3

Moline28.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%58

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

How far

How far Joy commutes

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

25%

24%

22%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joy is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Joy are

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

Jobs based in Joy

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Joy residents hold

140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in Joy, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 46. 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.