2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Rock Island, IL vs Topeka, KS

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- The average commute for residents of Topeka is 1.8% shorter than it is for residents of Rock Island.
- 26.0% more residents of Topeka work from home compared to residents of Rock Island.
 Rock Island, ILTopeka, KSUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock1727
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 Commute Mode
 Rock Island, ILTopeka, KSUnited States
 Auto (alone)78.5%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock9.5%8.6%
 Mass Transit1.8%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.2%0.5%
 Walk4.8%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock6.8%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Rock Island, ILTopeka, KSUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.4.5%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock14.2%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.20.2%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock30.2%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.16.2%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock2.4%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.7.9%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock0.7%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.1.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock2.1%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.2.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock1.1%2.9%
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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