Photo: MattHucke · CC BY-SA 3.0Andover Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. There are 68 jobs in Andover Township, and 363 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Andover Township; the top destination outside it is Cambridge (12%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Andover Township apart
How a workday changes Andover Township
On a workday 354 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Andover Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Andover Township work
Where Andover Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
What Andover Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andover Township, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 68. 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 Andover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Andover Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andover Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 240 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Andover Township
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.
How Andover Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Andover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $67,917 |
| Cambridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Clover Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lynn Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Osco Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cambridge Township: not graded. Clover Township, Lynn Township and Osco Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Andover 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 Andover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Andover Township?
$67,917 (±$29,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andover Township?
10.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andover Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andover Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (12%, 4 mi), Geneseo (10%, 13 mi), Davenport (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Andover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Andover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andover 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.