Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Assumption Township draws 1,579 commuters a day, with 3.4 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Assumption Township; the top destination outside it is Assumption (10%, 2 miles). Employers in Assumption Township report 1,633 jobs for 479 working residents. 10% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Assumption Township stands out on work
Assumption Township has far more jobs than workers
Assumption Township has 1,633 jobs, 3.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,400 people are in town, 90% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Assumption Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Assumption Township went from 671 in 2014 to 1,633 in 2024, +143%. The jobs ↓
Assumption Township makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Assumption Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Assumption Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
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; with 479 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who commutes out of Assumption Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 425 residents head out to work and 54 work right here.
About 2,400 people are in Assumption Township on a workday afternoon, 90% more 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.
In Assumption Township, 72% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Assumption Township, 2014 → 2024: 671 → 1,633. 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 Assumption Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Assumption Township
Where Assumption Township clocks in
10% 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.
Time on the road from Assumption Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Assumption Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 607 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Assumption Township
About 32% 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.
The towns around Assumption Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Assumption Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumption Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $55,614 |
| Prairieton Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Locust Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $70,565 |
| Rural Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Pana Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| May Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 23 min | $97,543 |
Same-state neighbors only. Prairieton Township and Rural Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Pana Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Assumption 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 Assumption Township: questions
What is the median household income in Assumption Township?
$55,614 (±$15,819) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Assumption Township?
10.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Assumption Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Assumption Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Assumption (10%, 2 mi), Pana (10%, 8 mi), Decatur (9%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Assumption 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 Assumption Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Assumption 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.