Work & commute · New Boston

Work & commute in New Boston, IL

Most working residents leave New Boston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Aledo (18%), Muscatine (17%) and Rock Island (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 247 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 245 New Boston residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Boston.

245live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Boston goes to work

Aledo13.3 mi away

18%44

Muscatine, IA17.6 mi away

17%43

Rock Island29.8 mi away

4%11

Davenport, IA33.7 mi away

4%10

Moline34 mi away

3%8

Silvis38 mi away

2%6

Galesburg35.9 mi away

2%6

Springfield119 mi away

2%6

East Moline39.9 mi away

2%4

Millersburg8.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%105

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

How far

How far New Boston commutes

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

45%

27%

24%

4%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Boston is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Boston are

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

Jobs based in New Boston

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs New Boston residents hold

247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−17%

Jobs based in New Boston, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 24. 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.