Work & commute · Viola

Work & commute in Viola, IL

Most working residents leave Viola for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (10%), Aledo (9%) and Galesburg (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 409 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 394 Viola residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Viola.

394live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Viola goes to work

Davenport, IA24.3 mi away

10%39

Aledo8.3 mi away

9%35

Galesburg20.7 mi away

8%32

Rock Island18.2 mi away

7%29

Moline19.7 mi away

6%25

East Moline24 mi away

5%19

Monmouth20.3 mi away

4%17

Viola (in town)right here

4%15

Milan16 mi away

4%15

Peoria59.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%173

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

How far

How far Viola commutes

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

17%

53%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Viola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Viola are

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

Jobs based in Viola

327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Viola residents hold

409 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+3%

Jobs based in Viola, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 327. 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.