Work & commute · Oquawka

Work & commute in Oquawka, IL

Most working residents leave Oquawka for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (11%), Monmouth (9%) and West Burlington (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

52 of 469 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 417 Oquawka residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oquawka.

417live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oquawka goes to work

Burlington, IA12.8 mi away

11%53

Oquawka (in town)right here

11%52

Monmouth16.1 mi away

9%42

West Burlington, IA14.3 mi away

6%30

Peoria70.8 mi away

4%18

Rozetta5.9 mi away

4%18

Galesburg29.9 mi away

3%16

Biggsville8 mi away

3%14

Aledo20.9 mi away

2%11

Chicago180.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%204

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

How far

How far Oquawka commutes

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

20%

37%

11%

32%

20%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oquawka is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oquawka are

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

Jobs based in Oquawka

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Oquawka residents hold

469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+20%

Jobs based in Oquawka, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 253. 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.