Abington Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
8 jobs are based in Abington Township for 167 working residents. Hardly any work in Abington Township itself; outside it, Aledo draws the most (23%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Abington Township
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Abington Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Abington Township work
Where Abington Township clocks in
23% of workers
14% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Abington Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Abington Township, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Abington Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Abington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 173 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Abington Township, by distance
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Abington Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Millersburg Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Abington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $72,500 |
| Ohio Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Bald Bluff Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Millersburg Township | 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Keithsburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Mercer Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 19 min | $71,042 |
| Sumner Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ohio Grove Township, Bald Bluff Township, Millersburg Township, Keithsburg Township and Sumner Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Abington Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Abington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Abington Township?
$72,500 (±$15,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Abington Township?
4.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Abington Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Abington Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aledo (23%, 8 mi), Muscatine (14%, 24 mi), Monmouth (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Abington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Abington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Abington Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.