Work & commute · Orion

Work & commute in Orion, IL

Most working residents leave Orion for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (13%), Davenport (10%) and Rock Island (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

101 of 779 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 678 Orion residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orion.

678live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orion goes to work

Orion (in town)right here

13%101

Moline10.9 mi away

13%98

Davenport, IA18.4 mi away

10%79

Rock Island13.6 mi away

10%77

Bettendorf, IA15.8 mi away

5%38

Milan11.3 mi away

4%31

East Moline11.7 mi away

3%27

Hampton12.2 mi away

3%23

Geneseo13.4 mi away

2%16

Chicago143.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%278

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

How far

How far Orion commutes

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

25%

52%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orion are

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

Jobs based in Orion

647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Orion residents hold

779 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+25%

Jobs based in Orion, 2013 → 2023: 518 → 647. 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.