Beaucoup Township draws 1,726 commuters a day, with 6.1 jobs for every working resident
1,755 jobs are based in Beaucoup Township, against 286 working residents. About one in ten stay in Beaucoup Township for work; outside it, Nashville is the main destination (24%, 4 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Beaucoup Township stands out on work
Beaucoup Township fills up on a workday
Beaucoup Township has 1,755 jobs, 6.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, 4 times the 570 who live here. Day and night ↓
Beaucoup Township makes and builds things
97% of the jobs based in Beaucoup Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Beaucoup Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Beaucoup Township and Nashville trade workers both ways
Nashville is the top workplace for Beaucoup Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Beaucoup Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 286 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Beaucoup Township
On a workday 257 residents head out to work and 29 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Beaucoup Township on a workday afternoon, 260% more 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.
Goods jobs make up 97% of work in Beaucoup Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaucoup Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,161 → 1,755. 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 Beaucoup Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Beaucoup Township’s workforce comes from
Where Beaucoup Township clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaucoup Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Beaucoup Township
About 22% 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.
Beaucoup Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Nashville Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaucoup Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucoup Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $128,063 |
| Hoyleton Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $100,000 |
| Nashville Township | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bolo Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Ashley Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Irvington Township | under 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $72,115 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nashville Township: not graded. Bolo Township and Ashley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaucoup 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 Beaucoup Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beaucoup Township?
$128,063 (±$42,591) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaucoup Township?
7.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaucoup Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaucoup Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (24%, 4 mi), Mount Vernon (10%, 22 mi), Centralia (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaucoup 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 Beaucoup Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaucoup 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.