Work & commute · Woodbine

Work & commute in Woodbine, IL

Most working residents leave Woodbine for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Galena (17%), Elizabeth (11%) and Dubuque (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 236 Woodbine residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodbine.

236live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodbine goes to work

Galena15.1 mi away

17%41

Elizabeth3.3 mi away

11%26

Dubuque, IA30.3 mi away

7%17

Elizabeth6.3 mi away

5%12

The Galena Territory9.6 mi away

5%12

Woodbine (in town)right here

4%9

Freeport27 mi away

3%7

Davenport, IA58 mi away

3%7

Derinda6.3 mi away

3%7

Stockton8.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%102

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

How far

How far Woodbine commutes

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

29%

30%

17%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodbine is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodbine are

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

Jobs based in Woodbine

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Woodbine residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+69%

Jobs based in Woodbine, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 49. 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.