Work & commute · Silvis

Work & commute in Silvis, IL

Most working residents leave Silvis for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (15%), Davenport (11%) and East Moline (11%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

200 of 3,350 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 3,150 Silvis residents head out of town to work, 200 work right here, and 1,836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silvis.

3,150live here, work elsewhere

200live and work here

1,836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silvis goes to work

Moline4.4 mi away

15%503

Davenport, IA10.8 mi away

11%385

East Moline1.9 mi away

11%382

Rock Island9.3 mi away

8%267

Silvis (in town)right here

6%200

Joslin10.3 mi away

5%152

Bettendorf, IA5.9 mi away

4%121

Milan9 mi away

2%81

Peoria66 mi away

2%74

Hampton2.4 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,112

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

How far

How far Silvis commutes

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

58%

16%

23%

58%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silvis is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silvis are

2,036 jobs are based in Silvis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silvis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Silvis

2,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Silvis residents hold

3,350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−24%

Jobs based in Silvis, 2013 → 2023: 2,694 → 2,036. 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.