Work & commute · South Moline

Work & commute in South Moline, IL

Most working residents leave South Moline for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (19%), Davenport (14%) and Rock Island (11%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

2,634 of 14,273 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 11,639 South Moline residents head out of town to work, 2,634 work right here, and 14,357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Moline.

11,639live here, work elsewhere

2,634live and work here

14,357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Moline goes to work

Moline1 mi away

19%2,694

Davenport, IA8.4 mi away

14%2,004

Rock Island5.8 mi away

11%1,504

East Moline5.2 mi away

10%1,448

Joslin13.8 mi away

5%732

Bettendorf, IA5.8 mi away

4%626

Milan5.6 mi away

3%441

Silvis3.5 mi away

2%295

Chicago146.1 mi away

2%295

Hampton5.5 mi away

2%258

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,976

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

How far

How far South Moline commutes

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

68%

20%

68%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Moline is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Moline are

16,991 jobs are based in South Moline. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Moline’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Moline

16,991 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs South Moline residents hold

14,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−23%

Jobs based in South Moline, 2013 → 2023: 22,000 → 16,991. 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.