Work & commute · Rawlins

Work & commute in Rawlins, IL

Most working residents leave Rawlins for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Galena (40%), Dubuque (10%) and The Galena Territory (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 180 Rawlins residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 637 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rawlins.

180live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

637work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rawlins goes to work

Galena1.7 mi away

40%80

Dubuque, IA13.8 mi away

10%20

The Galena Territory7.1 mi away

3%6

East Dubuque9.6 mi away

3%5

Chicago147.6 mi away

3%5

Cedar Rapids, IA71.2 mi away

2%3

Des Moines, IA173.1 mi away

2%3

East Galena4.2 mi away

2%3

Warren23.5 mi away

1%2

Menominee5.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%69

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

How far

How far Rawlins commutes

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

52%

16%

29%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rawlins is a job hub

3.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rawlins are

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

Jobs based in Rawlins

655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Rawlins residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+19%

Jobs based in Rawlins, 2013 → 2023: 550 → 655. 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.