Work & commute · Prophetstown

Work & commute in Prophetstown, IL

Most working residents leave Prophetstown for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling (8%), Morrison (5%) and Erie (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

122 of 842 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 720 Prophetstown residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 453 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prophetstown.

720live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

453work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prophetstown goes to work

Prophetstown (in town)right here

14%122

Sterling15.2 mi away

8%70

Morrison9.6 mi away

5%38

Erie7.6 mi away

3%26

Davenport, IA35.4 mi away

3%25

Geneseo18.9 mi away

3%24

Portland7.2 mi away

3%24

Chicago116.5 mi away

3%22

East Moline25.6 mi away

2%21

Dixon26.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%450

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

How far

How far Prophetstown commutes

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

27%

28%

20%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prophetstown is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prophetstown are

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

Jobs based in Prophetstown

575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Prophetstown residents hold

842 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−28%

Jobs based in Prophetstown, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 575. 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.