Photo: Gidonb · CC BY 3.0Most of Apple River Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Apple River Township; the top destination outside it is Freeport (8%, 29 miles). Apple River Township has 15 jobs for 191 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Apple River Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Apple River Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Where Apple River Township’s working residents head each day
Where Apple River Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Apple River Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Apple River Township, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 15. 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 Apple River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Apple River Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Apple River Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 4% 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 commute from Apple River Township, by distance
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Apple River Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Apple River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple River Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $46,250 |
| Apple River | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Warren Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Scales Mound Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Thompson Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Apple River, Scales Mound Township and Thompson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Warren Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Apple River 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 Apple River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Apple River Township?
$46,250 (±$16,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Apple River Township?
21.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Apple River Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Apple River Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Freeport (8%, 29 mi), Warren (7%, 8 mi), Galena (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Apple River Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Apple River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Apple River 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.