Most of Big Grove Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
268 jobs are based in Big Grove Township, and 855 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Big Grove Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Measured by household income, Big Grove Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Big Grove Township in brief
Inside Big Grove Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Big Grove Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Big Grove Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Big Grove Township
About 18% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Big Grove Township
On a workday 847 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Big Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
10% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Big Grove Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
What Big Grove Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 268. 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 Big Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Big Grove Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 829 commuters (the 13% 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.
Most of Big Grove Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 951 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Big Grove Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Big Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Big Grove Township is 318th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 316 | Harbor Hills OH | 1,555 | $86K | 0.6% | 4.0% | <1% | A |
| 317 | Osborn WI | 1,229 | $93K | 3.3% | 0.7% | <1% | A |
| 318 | Big Grove Township IL | 1,655 | $115K | 3.2% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| 319 | Lafayette WI | 2,077 | $112K | 7.2% | 1.2% | 2% | A |
| 320 | West Mountain UT | 1,282 | $112K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Big Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Big Grove Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Grove Township | – | A | C | 26 min | $115,156 |
| Fox Township | under 2% | A | C | 29 min | $116,250 |
| Nettle Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lisbon Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Mission Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 38 min | $85,727 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nettle Creek Township and Lisbon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Big Grove 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 Big Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Big Grove Township?
$115,156 (±$35,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Grove Township?
3.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Grove Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Big Grove Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 49 mi), Joliet (9%, 20 mi), Aurora (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Big Grove Township walkable?
Big Grove Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Big Grove 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 Big Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Grove 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.