Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bear Creek Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 9 jobs are based in Bear Creek Township, against 120 working residents. Hardly any stay in Bear Creek Township for work; outside it, Carthage is the main destination (10%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Bear Creek Township
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Bear Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Bear Creek Township’s working residents head each day
Where Bear Creek Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Bear Creek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 147 → 9. 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 Bear Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Bear Creek Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bear Creek Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bear Creek Township
About 30% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Bear Creek Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bear Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $79,250 |
| Wythe Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Prairie Township | under 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| St. Albans Township | under 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Harmony Township | under 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wythe Township, Prairie Township, St. Albans Township and Harmony Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bear Creek 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 Bear Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bear Creek Township?
$79,250 (±$45,638) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear Creek Township?
3.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear Creek Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear Creek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carthage (10%, 7 mi), Quincy (8%, 29 mi), Carthage Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bear Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bear Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bear Creek 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.