Work & commute · West Galena

Work & commute in West Galena, IL

About one in 3 of West Galena’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Galena (41%), Dubuque (13%) and The Galena Territory (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

384 of 1,301 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 917 West Galena residents head out of town to work, 384 work right here, and 1,286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Galena.

917live here, work elsewhere

384live and work here

1,286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Galena goes to work

Galena2.1 mi away

41%531

Dubuque, IA14.2 mi away

13%164

The Galena Territory6.9 mi away

4%51

Davenport, IA59 mi away

2%22

East Galena4.3 mi away

2%22

East Dubuque10.2 mi away

2%21

Chicago147.5 mi away

2%20

Rawlins2.8 mi away

1%18

Elizabeth13.5 mi away

1%13

Rockford72 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%426

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

How far

How far West Galena commutes

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

52%

19%

27%

52%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Galena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Galena are

1,670 jobs are based in West Galena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Galena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Galena

1,670 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs West Galena residents hold

1,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in West Galena, 2013 → 2023: 1,611 → 1,670. 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.