Work & commute · Savanna

Work & commute in Savanna, IL

About one in 4 of Savanna’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Clinton (7%), Fulton (3%) and Mount Carroll (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

258 of 1,025 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 767 Savanna residents head out of town to work, 258 work right here, and 884 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Savanna.

767live here, work elsewhere

258live and work here

884work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Savanna goes to work

Savanna (in town)right here

25%258

Clinton, IA18.2 mi away

7%69

Fulton15.8 mi away

3%35

Mount Carroll8.3 mi away

3%31

Freeport29.1 mi away

3%30

Chicago127.3 mi away

3%30

Savanna1 mi away

3%26

Dubuque, IA40.3 mi away

2%24

Davenport, IA44.2 mi away

2%18

Galena27.1 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%487

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

How far

How far Savanna commutes

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

35%

19%

23%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Savanna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Savanna are

1,142 jobs are based in Savanna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Savanna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Savanna

1,142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Savanna residents hold

1,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−12%

Jobs based in Savanna, 2013 → 2023: 1,304 → 1,142. 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.