Photo: Jauerback · CC BY-SA 4.0Big Rock Township’s household incomes are higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Poverty touches 10.7% of residents, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Big Rock Township grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Big Rock Township: the figures worth knowing
Big Rock Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Big Rock Township is Chicago, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (86) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Big Rock Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Big Rock Township fell from 2,439 in 2014 to 718 in 2024, −71%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A lot of Big Rock Township works from home
32% of Big Rock Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 888 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Big Rock Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Big Rock Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Big Rock Township’s grade up ($158,250, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Big Rock Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How far Big Rock Township’s workers travel
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.
Big Rock Township works in goods: 43% of its jobs
718 jobs are based in Big Rock Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Rock Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,439 → 718. 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 Big Rock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Big Rock Township, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Rock Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 788 commuters (the 31% 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.
A workday in Big Rock Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 865 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 695 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Big Rock Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Big Rock Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
Few in Big Rock Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Big Rock Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,150 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Big Rock Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Big Rock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Big Rock Township is 476th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | 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% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 474 | Sharon WI | 2,124 | $96K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 3% | A |
| 475 | Laymantown VA | 1,626 | $88K | 1.2% | 3.7% | <1% | A |
| 476 | Big Rock Township IL | 1,739 | $158K | 10.7% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 477 | Monroe Township IN | 1,315 | $128K | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 478 | Jackson Township IN | 1,760 | $101K | 0.9% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Rock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Big Rock Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Rock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Rock Township | – | A | D | 19 min | $158,250 |
| Kaneville Township | under 3% | A+ | D | 35 min | $132,750 |
| Little Rock Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 28 min | $87,011 |
| Sugar Grove Township | under 3% | A | B− | 34 min | $125,078 |
| Squaw Grove Township | under 3% | B− | B | 29 min | $91,339 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Big Rock 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 Big Rock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Big Rock Township?
$158,250 (±$51,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Rock Township?
10.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Rock Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Big Rock Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 44 mi), Aurora (5%, 13 mi), Geneva (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Big Rock Township walkable?
Big Rock Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Big Rock Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Big Rock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Rock 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. 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.