Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Bear Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Bear Creek Township has 23 jobs, and 217 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Bear Creek Township for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (21%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bear Creek Township: the gist
Bear Creek Township is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Bear Creek Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bear Creek Township has about 290 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bear Creek Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bear Creek Township is Springfield, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (45) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Bear Creek Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker, and quicker than any town next door (25 to 31 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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; with 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Bear Creek Township
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Bear Creek 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Bear Creek Township
About 31% 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.
Bear Creek Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 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 211 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Bear Creek Township goes to work
Where Bear Creek Township clocks in
21% of workers
18% 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.
Jobs in Bear Creek Township: what the 23 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 23. 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 Bear Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work in the towns next to Bear Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bear Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $58,295 |
| Ricks Township | under 2% | C− | C | 25 min | $78,864 |
| King Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Johnson Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. King Township and Johnson 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 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 Bear Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bear Creek Township?
$58,295 (±$4,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear Creek Township?
5.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear Creek Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear Creek Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (21%, 24 mi), Taylorville (18%, 7 mi), Decatur (7%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bear Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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), 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.