Work, pay and getting to work in Ayers Township
Only 1% stay in Ayers Township for work; outside it, Urbana is the main destination (26%, 18 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ayers Township by day and by night
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Ayers Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
The places Ayers Township commutes to
Where Ayers Township clocks in
26% of workers
24% of workers
3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Ayers Township
95 jobs are based in Ayers Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ayers Township, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 95. 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 Ayers Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ayers Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ayers Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 4% 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.
Ayers Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Ayers Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ayers Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $62,500 |
| South Homer Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 25 min | $84,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ayers 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 Ayers Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ayers Township?
$62,500 (±$21,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ayers Township?
17.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ayers Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ayers Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urbana (26%, 18 mi), Champaign (24%, 21 mi), Danville (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ayers Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ayers Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ayers 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.