Work & commute · Kewanee

Work & commute in Kewanee, IL

About one in 3 of Kewanee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kewanee (38%), Geneseo (3%) and Moline (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

1,111 of 3,507 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,396 Kewanee residents head out of town to work, 1,111 work right here, and 1,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kewanee.

2,396live here, work elsewhere

1,111live and work here

1,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kewanee goes to work

Kewanee2.4 mi away

38%1,334

Geneseo17.3 mi away

3%118

Moline33.1 mi away

3%110

Galesburg32.7 mi away

3%100

Peoria39.4 mi away

3%93

Chicago121.9 mi away

2%86

Galva9.5 mi away

2%83

Cambridge14.2 mi away

2%80

East Moline29.6 mi away

2%62

Monmouth45.1 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,382

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

How far

How far Kewanee commutes

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

43%

11%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kewanee is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kewanee are

2,613 jobs are based in Kewanee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kewanee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kewanee

2,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Kewanee residents hold

3,507 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+7%

Jobs based in Kewanee, 2013 → 2023: 2,433 → 2,613. 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.