Work means Springfield for about half of Auburn Township’s working residents
About one in seven work in Auburn Township; the top destination outside it is Springfield (46%, 17 miles). For jobs and income Auburn Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Auburn Township: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Auburn Township
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Auburn Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Auburn Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Commuting out of Auburn Township: the destinations
Where Auburn Township clocks in
46% of workers
2% 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.
In and out of Auburn Township on a workday
On a workday 2,415 residents head out to work, 345 work right here, and 718 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Auburn Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 30% of Auburn Township’s jobs are in goods
1,063 jobs are based in Auburn Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auburn Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,060 → 1,063. 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 Auburn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Auburn Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Auburn Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,670 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.
Where in the region Auburn Township works
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Auburn Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,822 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Auburn Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Auburn Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Auburn Township next to U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,800: 1,783rd of 3,375 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,781 | Bremen IN | 4,592 | $68K | 25.5% | 0.5% | 27% | B− |
| 1,782 | Colby KS | 5,489 | $63K | 8.0% | 0.6% | 56% | B− |
| 1,783 | Auburn Township IL | 5,805 | $81K | 9.6% | 4.5% | 12% | B− |
| 1,784 | Rutland Township MI | 4,308 | $88K | 8.1% | 6.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,785 | Minocqua WI | 5,062 | $69K | 6.9% | 1.8% | 31% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Auburn Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Auburn Township
The biggest share goes to Virden (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Auburn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Township | – | B− | B− | 26 min | $81,179 |
| Virden Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Chatham Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 19 min | $88,959 |
| Divernon Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 27 min | $76,971 |
| Talkington Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Virden | 2% | C+ | A | 24 min | $80,577 |
Same-state neighbors only. Virden Township: not graded. Talkington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Auburn 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 Auburn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Auburn Township?
$81,179 (±$12,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auburn Township?
9.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Auburn Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auburn Township work?
12% work in town.
Is Auburn Township walkable?
Auburn Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Auburn Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Auburn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Auburn 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.