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Work & commute · Rural

Work & commute in Rural, IL

Most working residents leave Rural for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (16%), Davenport (16%) and Rock Island (15%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 451 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 448 Rural residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rural.

448live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
154work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rural goes to work

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1
Moline7.7 mi away
16%70
2
Davenport, IA14.1 mi away
16%70
3
Rock Island8.4 mi away
15%69
4
Milan5.8 mi away
6%26
5
East Moline11.6 mi away
6%26
6
Bettendorf, IA13.6 mi away
4%18
7
Chicago148.5 mi away
2%9
8
Hampton12.1 mi away
2%9
9
Viola12.4 mi away
2%8
10
Peoria62.5 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%138

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

How far

How far Rural commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rural is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rural are

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

Jobs based in Rural

157 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)95%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Rural residents hold

451 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+13%

Jobs based in Rural, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 157. 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.

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