With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Atkinson Township works elsewhere
6% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). There are 147 jobs in Atkinson Township for 492 working residents. For jobs and income Atkinson Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Atkinson Township and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in Atkinson Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Atkinson Township fell from 341 in 2013 to 147 in 2023, −57%. 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 ↓
Atkinson Township and Geneseo trade workers both ways
Geneseo is the top workplace for Atkinson Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Atkinson Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Atkinson Township is a place people come home to
There are 147 jobs based in Atkinson Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Atkinson Township has about 850 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 492 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Atkinson Township
The poverty rate holds Atkinson Township’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($57,500, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Atkinson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Atkinson Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Jobs in Atkinson Township: what the 147 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atkinson Township, 2013 → 2023: 341 → 147. 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 Atkinson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
20% of working residents work in Geneseo
Where Atkinson Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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.
Atkinson Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 479 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Atkinson Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Atkinson Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atkinson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 537 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Atkinson Township works
About 24% 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.
For most of Atkinson Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 569 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). 4.0% of Atkinson Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Atkinson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Atkinson Township ranks 1,747th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 1,745 | Ohatchee AL | 1,188 | $77K | 12.0% | 3.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,746 | Craig Beach OH | 1,004 | $72K | 17.1% | 1.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,747 | Atkinson Township IL | 1,199 | $58K | 6.1% | 7.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,748 | Franklin Township IN | 1,179 | $69K | 7.5% | 0.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,749 | Bennington Township KS | 1,269 | $86K | 8.6% | 2.7% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Atkinson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Atkinson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Atkinson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Township | – | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $57,500 |
| Geneseo Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Loraine Township | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Cornwall Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Alba Township | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Geneseo Township: not graded. Loraine Township, Cornwall Township and Alba Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Atkinson 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 Atkinson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Atkinson Township?
$57,500 (±$19,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atkinson Township?
6.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atkinson Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atkinson Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneseo (20%, 6 mi), Moline (7%, 24 mi), Davenport (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Atkinson Township walkable?
Atkinson Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Atkinson 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 Atkinson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atkinson 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.