Photo: Butticus · CC BY-SA 4.0Aviston has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Aviston is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). 393 jobs are based in Aviston, and 1,186 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Aviston: the gist
Fewer jobs are based in Aviston than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Aviston fell from 638 in 2013 to 393 in 2023, −38%. 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 ↓
Aviston empties out on a workday
About 1,700 people are in Aviston on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 2,500 who live here: 1,100 head out to work and 340 come in. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Aviston
Household income is its strongest input ($117,875, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aviston could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Jobs in Aviston: what the 393 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aviston, 2013 → 2023: 638 → 393. 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 Aviston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Aviston
On a workday 1,131 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Aviston on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
7% of working residents work in Trenton
Where Aviston clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Aviston
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aviston workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 982 commuters (the 18% 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.
Aviston’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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 Aviston gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,198 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). 0.6% of Aviston households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Aviston’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Aviston comes 300th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 298 | Allen Township OH | 2,873 | $139K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 7% | A |
| 299 | Green Bay WI | 2,193 | $97K | 2.0% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| 300 | Aviston IL | 2,454 | $118K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 5% | A |
| 301 | Rockville MN | 2,492 | $105K | 4.3% | 0.7% | 5% | A |
| 302 | Bowling Green Township OH | 1,863 | $112K | 1.9% | 5.1% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Aviston, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
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 Aviston: questions
What is the median household income in Aviston?
$117,875 (±$9,743) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aviston?
4.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aviston?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aviston work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (7%, 4 mi), Breese (7%, 5 mi), St. Louis (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aviston walkable?
Aviston is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aviston without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aviston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aviston
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.