Avon Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Avon Township B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Avon Township has 13,252 jobs for 28,038 working residents. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Avon Township: the gist
Avon Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Avon Township is Chicago, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (2,726) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Avon Township draws workers from far and wide
The 13,252 jobs in Avon Township are filled from a wide area. Avon Township’s own residents hold 21% and the ten next-biggest home towns 18%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Avon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Avon Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #416 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Avon Township’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avon Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Avon Township
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.
10% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Avon Township clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
Avon Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 25,266 residents head out to work, 2,772 work right here, and 10,480 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48,000 people are in Avon Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Avon Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avon Township, 2014 → 2024: 12,907 → 13,252. 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 Avon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Avon Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28,031 commuters (the 14% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Avon Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Avon Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #235 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 32,550 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 63% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 3.2% of Avon Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Avon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 44,000 to 85,000, Avon Township ranks 410th of 709 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 11 | New Lenox Township IL | 45,290 | $133K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 12% | A+ |
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| 14 | New Trier Township IL | 56,118 | $216K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 10% | A+ |
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| 19 | Vernon Township IL | 71,353 | $146K | 6.3% | 2.4% | 15% | A+ |
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| 408 | West Allis WI | 60,119 | $68K | 11.5% | 4.1% | 10% | B |
| 409 | Coeur d'Alene ID | 58,179 | $72K | 9.2% | 2.9% | 43% | B |
| 410 | Avon Township IL | 63,208 | $98K | 10.5% | 6.9% | 10% | B |
| 411 | The Villages FL | 83,498 | $78K | 4.7% | 5.3% | 13% | B |
| 412 | Gardena CA | 58,460 | $85K | 11.8% | 6.1% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 709 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 27% | 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 Avon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Avon Township
The biggest share goes to Grayslake (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Township | – | B | A− | 30 min | $97,925 |
| Warren Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $104,155 |
| Lake Villa Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 34 min | $119,947 |
| Grayslake | 5% | A− | A− | 27 min | $113,972 |
| Third Lake | under 3% | A+ | A− | 30 min | $150,139 |
| Grant Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $96,383 |
| Round Lake Beach | 2% | B− | A− | 30 min | $86,059 |
| Fremont Township | under 3% | A | B+ | 30 min | $120,182 |
| Gages Lake | under 3% | B+ | A | 26 min | $103,318 |
| Long Lake | under 3% | B | A− | 33 min | $104,621 |
| Grandwood Park | under 3% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $126,736 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avon 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 Avon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Avon Township?
$97,925 (±$4,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avon Township?
10.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avon Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avon Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 41 mi), Grayslake (5%, 2 mi), Libertyville (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Avon Township walkable?
Avon Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avon Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avon 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. 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.