Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Appanoose Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Illinois 16%). Employers in Appanoose Township report 6 jobs, and 148 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Appanoose Township; the top destination outside it is Keokuk (12%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Appanoose Township by day
On a workday 148 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Appanoose 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.
The places Appanoose Township commutes to
Where Appanoose Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Appanoose Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 6. 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 Appanoose Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Appanoose Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 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.
Half of Appanoose Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 34% 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.
Bordering towns draw 26% of Appanoose Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Fort Madison (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Appanoose Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appanoose Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $87,625 |
| Sonora Township | 5% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Pontoosuc Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Nauvoo | 10% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Nauvoo Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sonora Township, Pontoosuc Township, Nauvoo and Nauvoo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Appanoose 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 Appanoose Township: questions
What is the median household income in Appanoose Township?
$87,625 (±$63,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Appanoose Township?
8.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Appanoose Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Appanoose Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (12%, 13 mi), Fort Madison (11%, 4 mi), Nauvoo (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Appanoose 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 Appanoose Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Appanoose 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.