Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Arcola Township
For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. About one in three work in Arcola Township itself; outside it, Arcola draws the most (32%, 2 miles). Commuters spend 14 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Arcola Township apart
Commutes from Arcola Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Arcola Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Arcola Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Arcola Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 45%. The jobs ↓
Arcola Township and Arcola trade workers both ways
Arcola is the top workplace for Arcola Township residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Arcola Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Arcola Township’s commute takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arcola Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,474 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.
Arcola Township works in goods: 65% of its jobs
1,627 jobs are based in Arcola Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arcola Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,410 → 1,627. 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 Arcola Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Arcola Township: the destinations
Where Arcola Township clocks in
32% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 Arcola Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,056 residents head out to work, 499 work right here, and 1,128 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How many miles Arcola Township commutes
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.
How Arcola Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arcola Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcola Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $87,942 |
| Tuscola Township | 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Bourbon Township | 5% | B− | B+ | 16 min | $76,630 |
| Humboldt Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 21 min | $85,745 |
| Bowdre Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| North Okaw Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tuscola Township and North Okaw Township: not graded. Bowdre Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bourbon Township. Darker towns draw more of Arcola 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 Arcola Township: questions
What is the median household income in Arcola Township?
$87,942 (±$4,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arcola Township?
9.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arcola Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arcola Township work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcola (32%, 2 mi), Arthur (8%, 10 mi), Champaign (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arcola Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arcola Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arcola 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.