Most of Adams Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Adams Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C. Adams Township has 130 jobs; 559 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Adams Township, in a few figures
Adams Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Adams Township is a place people come home to
There are 130 jobs based in Adams Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Adams Township has about 1,200 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 559 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Adams Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Adams Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Adams Township’s grade up ($67,424, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Adams Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Adams Township could be anywhere from D to B.
How long Adams Township spends getting to work: about 46 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adams Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 769 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who leaves Adams Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 542 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Adams Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Adams Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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.
8% of working residents work in Sandwich
Where Adams Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Adams Township: what the 130 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adams Township, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 130. 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 Adams Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Adams Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Adams Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 808 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Adams Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Adams Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Adams Township places 4,252nd of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,250 | Star City AR | 2,059 | $51K | 23.9% | 3.3% | 32% | C− |
| 4,251 | Cornersville TN | 1,385 | $64K | 27.7% | 11.0% | 2% | C− |
| 4,252 | Adams Township IL | 1,591 | $67K | 26.7% | 6.3% | 3% | C− |
| 4,253 | Woodhull NY | 1,635 | $60K | 10.2% | 8.1% | 3% | C− |
| 4,254 | Metlakatla AK | 1,235 | $72K | 13.5% | 7.6% | — | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Adams Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Adams Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adams Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Township | – | C− | C | 46 min | $67,424 |
| Northville Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 43 min | $103,819 |
| Victor Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Serena Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 46 min | $104,236 |
| Earl Township | under 2% | C | B− | 31 min | $68,277 |
Same-state neighbors only. Victor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Adams 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 Adams Township: questions
What is the median household income in Adams Township?
$67,424 (±$24,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adams Township?
26.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adams Township?
46 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adams Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandwich (8%, 9 mi), Yorkville (7%, 18 mi), Chicago (6%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Adams Township walkable?
Adams Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Adams Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adams Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adams 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.