Photo: Billwhittaker (Uploads) · CC BY-SA 3.0Annawan Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Annawan Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C+. 224 jobs are based in Annawan Township, and 479 of its residents work somewhere. 6% of workers work from home, 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 figures behind Annawan Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Annawan Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Annawan Township’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Annawan 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, Annawan Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Annawan Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 449 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Annawan Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
18% of working residents work in Geneseo
Where Annawan Township clocks in
18% of workers
11% 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 Annawan Township: what the 224 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Annawan Township, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 224. 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 Annawan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Annawan Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Annawan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 501 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Annawan Township to work
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Annawan Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Annawan Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 534 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). 3.7% of Annawan Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Annawan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Annawan Township is 769th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 767 | Stow Creek Township NJ | 1,356 | $105K | 7.8% | 8.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 768 | Abbottstown PA | 1,048 | $82K | 9.3% | 4.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 769 | Annawan Township IL | 1,089 | $86K | 5.4% | 4.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 770 | Aurora WI | 1,020 | $87K | 4.6% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 771 | Kaaawa HI | 1,328 | $132K | 11.0% | 0.9% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Annawan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Annawan Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Annawan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annawan Township | – | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $86,125 |
| Alba Township | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Cornwall Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Kewanee Township | under 3% | D | B+ | 23 min | $50,528 |
| Mineral Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Annawan | 6% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alba Township, Cornwall Township, Mineral Township and Annawan: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Annawan. Darker towns draw more of Annawan 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 Annawan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Annawan Township?
$86,125 (±$17,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Annawan Township?
5.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Annawan Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Annawan Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneseo (18%, 14 mi), Kewanee (11%, 9 mi), Annawan (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Annawan Township walkable?
Annawan Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Annawan 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 Annawan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Annawan 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.