Work & commute · Moline

Work & commute in Moline, IL

About one in 5 of Moline’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Davenport (15%), Rock Island (12%) and East Moline (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

3,547 of 17,325 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,778 Moline residents head out of town to work, 3,547 work right here, and 14,781 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moline.

13,778live here, work elsewhere

3,547live and work here

14,781work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moline goes to work

Moline (in town)right here

20%3,547

Davenport, IA7.7 mi away

15%2,666

Rock Island4.8 mi away

12%2,071

East Moline6 mi away

8%1,318

Bettendorf, IA5.9 mi away

5%861

Joslin14.7 mi away

3%554

Milan4.8 mi away

3%542

Chicago147 mi away

2%370

Silvis4.4 mi away

2%289

Hampton6.3 mi away

2%286

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,821

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

How far

How far Moline commutes

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

71%

20%

71%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moline is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moline are

18,328 jobs are based in Moline. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moline’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moline

18,328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Moline residents hold

17,325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−21%

Jobs based in Moline, 2013 → 2023: 23,145 → 18,328. 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.