Photo: Gavin J. Dow · CC BY 3.0Antioch Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Antioch Township report 5,132 jobs; 12,578 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Antioch Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Antioch Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Antioch Township apart on work
Antioch Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Antioch Township is Chicago, 49 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (1,165) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Antioch Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,132 jobs in Antioch Township are filled from a wide area. Antioch Township’s own residents hold 25% and the ten next-biggest home towns 18%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Antioch Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Antioch Township’s grade up ($101,932, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Antioch Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
How far Antioch Township’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
9% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Antioch Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Who leaves Antioch Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 11,282 residents head out to work, 1,296 work right here, and 3,836 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Antioch 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 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Antioch Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antioch Township, 2014 → 2024: 5,013 → 5,132. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antioch Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Antioch Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antioch Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,361 commuters (the 18% 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.
Most of Antioch Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,836 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Antioch Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Antioch Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Antioch Township places 895th of 1,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 9 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 11 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 893 | Northfield MN | 21,992 | $85K | 8.8% | 4.9% | 38% | B |
| 894 | Glenn Heights TX | 20,327 | $82K | 13.0% | 5.3% | 1% | B |
| 895 | Antioch Township IL | 27,763 | $102K | 8.9% | 8.0% | 10% | B |
| 896 | South Laurel MD | 29,272 | $89K | 11.8% | 6.7% | 2% | B |
| 897 | Harker Heights TX | 35,195 | $81K | 10.2% | 3.9% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Antioch Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Antioch Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Antioch Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch Township | – | B | B | 32 min | $101,932 |
| Lake Villa Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 34 min | $119,947 |
| Burton Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 33 min | $125,921 |
| Newport Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $125,074 |
| Fox Lake | under 3% | B− | A− | 34 min | $70,819 |
| Grant Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $96,383 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Antioch 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 2024, 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 Antioch Township: questions
What is the median household income in Antioch Township?
$101,932 (±$4,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antioch Township?
8.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antioch Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antioch Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (9%, 49 mi), Antioch (8%, 2 mi), Waukegan (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Antioch Township walkable?
Antioch Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Antioch Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antioch Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antioch Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.