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Community Spotlight: Quad Cities


Situated on the banks of the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities shares a population of 400,000 that includes Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Moline/East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois, along with surrounding communities.

The Quad Cities is just a few hours from several major metropolitan areas. In addition, the area is a stop along I-80, one of the nation's major cross-country interstates. The region is also served by I-88, I-74, several state highways and the Quad City International Airport in Moline, IL and Davenport Municipal Airport.

The Quad Cities mission is to create a prosperous business community made up of a diversified workforce with high-quality skills. It's also is a great place to live with strong school systems, affordable housing and several universities and colleges. Residents enjoy shopping, low cost of living and various types of entertainment.

The Facts of Doing Business In The Quad Cities

With a diverse and dynamic mix of successful and entrepreneurial businesses, the Quad Cities leads the way in commerce and industry. Enterprises prosper here — everything from multinational corporations to small innovative technology companies to creative retail shops.

City and community leaders along with various organizations are extremely committed to dedicating resources and staff to deliver economic growth to the Quad Cities. As the economy continues to move forward, significant growth is occurring in the Quad Cities region. The Quad Cities has a number of exciting new investments in progress that are attractive reasons to start or move a business to the community.

Expansion Management named the Quad Cities the 27th best metro in the U.S. out of 320 metro areas to locate a company. The criteria was based on: Education, Health, Quality of Life, Logistics, Legislative and High Value Labor.

Labor Force

Local labor includes a workforce of 320,000 within a 60 mile radius with an absentee rate around 2%. Almost 30% are college grads and 37% more productive than the national average.

  • Nearly 40 million consumers within 300 miles
  • Close proximity to interstate highways 88, 74, 80 (the only cross-country interstate in the country)
  • Trucks up to highway speed within 5 minutes of leaving bays
  • The Mississippi River offers barge and shipping access to anywhere in the world

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