Work & commute · Western

Work & commute in Western, IL

Most working residents leave Western for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (13%), Orion (13%) and Davenport (12%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

187 of 1,396 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,209 Western residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Western.

1,209live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Western goes to work

Moline9.9 mi away

13%178

Orion1.2 mi away

13%175

Davenport, IA17.5 mi away

12%161

Rock Island12.9 mi away

10%134

East Moline10.4 mi away

5%64

Bettendorf, IA14.6 mi away

4%58

Hampton11 mi away

4%49

Milan10.7 mi away

3%47

Geneseo12.8 mi away

2%22

Coal Valley5.8 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%488

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

How far

How far Western commutes

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

32%

46%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Western is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Western are

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

Jobs based in Western

707 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Western residents hold

1,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−6%

Jobs based in Western, 2013 → 2023: 749 → 707. 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.