Work & commute · Milan

Work & commute in Milan, IL

Most working residents leave Milan for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Island (20%), Davenport (15%) and Moline (14%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

164 of 2,229 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 2,065 Milan residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 4,301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milan.

2,065live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

4,301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milan goes to work

Rock Island2.6 mi away

20%453

Davenport, IA8.7 mi away

15%345

Moline4.8 mi away

14%311

Milan (in town)right here

7%164

East Moline10.7 mi away

5%122

Bettendorf, IA10.1 mi away

3%64

Chicago151.1 mi away

2%38

Peoria68.2 mi away

1%33

Hampton11.1 mi away

1%28

Silvis9 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%647

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

How far

How far Milan commutes

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

71%

19%

71%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milan is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Milan are

4,465 jobs are based in Milan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milan

4,465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Milan residents hold

2,229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−2%

Jobs based in Milan, 2013 → 2023: 4,575 → 4,465. 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.