Blissville Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Employers in Blissville Township report 30 jobs, against 180 working residents. Hardly any work in Blissville Township; the top destination outside it is Mount Vernon (32%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Blissville Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 179 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Blissville 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.
Where Blissville Township goes to work
Where Blissville Township clocks in
32% of workers
4% 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 Blissville Township: what the 30 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blissville Township, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 30. 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 Blissville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Blissville Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blissville Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 266 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Blissville Township
About 27% 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 towns around Blissville Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blissville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blissville Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $69,844 |
| McClellan Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $76,500 |
| Bald Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Casner Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $65,313 |
| Du Bois Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bald Hill Township and Du Bois Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blissville 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 Blissville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blissville Township?
$69,844 (±$30,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blissville Township?
27.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blissville Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blissville Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (32%, 10 mi), Centralia (4%, 18 mi), Waltonville (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blissville Township without a car?
2% 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 Blissville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blissville 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.