Bald Bluff Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Bald Bluff Township; the top destination outside it is Oquawka (15%, 8 miles). Employers in Bald Bluff Township report 7 jobs, and 89 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Bald Bluff Township
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Bald Bluff Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Where people from Bald Bluff Township work
Where Bald Bluff Township clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 86% of the jobs in Bald Bluff Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bald Bluff Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 7. 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 Bald Bluff Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Bald Bluff Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bald Bluff Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 0% 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.
Bald Bluff Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Around Bald Bluff Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Rozetta Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bald Bluff Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Bluff Township | – | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Abington Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Oquawka Township | under 3% | D | C− | 30 min | $54,682 |
| Sumner Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Keithsburg Township | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Rozetta Township | 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Ohio Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Abington Township, Sumner Township, Keithsburg Township, Rozetta Township and Ohio Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bald Bluff 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 Bald Bluff Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bald Bluff Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bald Bluff Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bald Bluff Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oquawka (15%, 8 mi), Burlington (15%, 20 mi), Galesburg (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bald Bluff Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bald Bluff Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bald Bluff 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.