Work & commute · Port Byron

Work & commute in Port Byron, IL

Most working residents leave Port Byron for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (14%), Moline (9%) and East Moline (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 704 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 678 Port Byron residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Byron.

678live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Byron goes to work

Davenport, IA14.9 mi away

14%100

Moline12.9 mi away

9%60

East Moline7.8 mi away

7%46

Rock Island17 mi away

6%41

Coe3.7 mi away

6%41

Bettendorf, IA8.6 mi away

5%36

Hampton7.3 mi away

4%27

Port Byron (in town)right here

4%26

Chicago137.2 mi away

3%23

Cordova6.7 mi away

3%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%281

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

How far

How far Port Byron commutes

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

35%

41%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Byron is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Byron are

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

Jobs based in Port Byron

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Port Byron residents hold

704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Port Byron, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 232. 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.