With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Aroma Township works elsewhere
There are 307 jobs in Aroma Township, and 2,303 of its residents work somewhere. Aroma Township grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Aroma Township stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Aroma Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Aroma Township fell from 938 in 2013 to 307 in 2023, −67%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Aroma Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Aroma Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Aroma Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Aroma Township is a place people come home to
There are 307 jobs based in Aroma Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aroma Township has about 2,800 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Aroma Township and Kankakee trade workers both ways
Kankakee is the top workplace for Aroma Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Aroma Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Aroma Township
60% of Aroma Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Aroma Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Aroma Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Aroma Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #475 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Aroma Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aroma Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 62% of the jobs in Aroma Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aroma Township, 2013 → 2023: 938 → 307. 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 Aroma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Aroma Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,240 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Aroma Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
22% of working residents work in Kankakee
Where Aroma Township clocks in
22% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Aroma Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aroma Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,079 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far it is to work from Aroma Township
About 26% 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.
Getting around Aroma Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aroma Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #715 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,280 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). 2.7% of Aroma Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Aroma Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Aroma Township ranks: 1,830th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 16 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,828 | Whitewater Township OH | 6,453 | $62K | 14.0% | 2.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,829 | Rutland Township IL | 3,581 | $91K | 12.3% | 3.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,830 | Aroma Township IL | 4,827 | $75K | 15.8% | 2.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,831 | Enfield NH | 4,470 | $95K | 16.6% | 0.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,832 | Glen Raven NC | 3,506 | $63K | 16.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Aroma Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
22% of Aroma Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aroma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aroma Township | – | B− | C− | 24 min | $74,740 |
| Otto Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $80,250 |
| Kankakee Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ganeer Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 25 min | $65,208 |
| St. Anne Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 27 min | $90,000 |
| Kankakee | 22% | D | A− | 22 min | $47,514 |
| Papineau Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kankakee Township: not graded. Papineau Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kankakee. Darker towns draw more of Aroma 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 Aroma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Aroma Township?
$74,740 (±$9,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aroma Township?
15.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aroma Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aroma Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kankakee (22%, 4 mi), Bradley (8%, 7 mi), Chicago (8%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aroma Township walkable?
Aroma Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aroma Township without a car?
<1% 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 Aroma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aroma 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.