Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBeardstown draws about two in five of Beardstown Township’s working residents
At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). About two in five stay in Beardstown Township for work; outside it, Beardstown is the main destination (42%, 0 miles). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average; the Illinois average is 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Beardstown Township: the gist
Beardstown Township makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Beardstown Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Beardstown Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Beardstown Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Beardstown Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where Beardstown Township goes to work
Where Beardstown Township clocks in
42% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 54% of jobs based in Beardstown Township
3,992 jobs are based in Beardstown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beardstown Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,259 → 3,992. 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 Beardstown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beardstown Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,665 commuters (the 3% 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.
How a workday changes Beardstown Township
On a workday 1,890 residents head out to work, 1,404 work right here, and 2,588 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Beardstown Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Beardstown Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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.
Work in the towns next to Beardstown Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beardstown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beardstown Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $60,576 |
| Frederick Township | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bainbridge Township | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Cooperstown Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Hagener Township | under 1% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Bluff Springs Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Frederick Township, Bainbridge Township, Cooperstown Township, Hagener Township and Bluff Springs Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beardstown 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 Beardstown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beardstown Township?
$60,576 (±$5,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beardstown Township?
13.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beardstown Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beardstown Township work?
43% work in town.
Can you get around Beardstown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beardstown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beardstown 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.