Work & commute · Preemption

Work & commute in Preemption, IL

Most working residents leave Preemption for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Island (12%), Davenport (10%) and Moline (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 721 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 716 Preemption residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preemption.

716live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preemption goes to work

Rock Island13.2 mi away

12%90

Davenport, IA19.2 mi away

10%74

Moline15.2 mi away

10%69

East Moline20.1 mi away

5%39

Aledo9.2 mi away

5%34

Viola5.2 mi away

5%33

Milan11.1 mi away

4%26

Bettendorf, IA21 mi away

3%20

Sherrard6.1 mi away

2%12

Peoria63.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%312

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

How far

How far Preemption commutes

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

14%

56%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preemption is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Preemption are

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

Jobs based in Preemption

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Preemption residents hold

721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−18%

Jobs based in Preemption, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 33. 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.