Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBlount Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 104 jobs in Blount Township, and 1,426 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Blount Township are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Blount Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Blount Township
A lot of Blount Township works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Blount Township: Danville (34%) and Danville Township (8%). Next door ↓
Blount Township is a place people come home to
There are 104 jobs based in Blount Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blount Township has about 2,000 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Blount Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Why Blount Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blount Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #162 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Blount Township’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blount Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Blount Township
On a workday 1,417 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Blount 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.
Blount Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blount Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,456 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Blount Township commutes
About 32% 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.
34% of working residents work in Danville
Where Blount Township clocks in
34% of workers
8% 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 Blount Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blount Township, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 104. 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 Blount Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Blount Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blount Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #766 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Blount Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,625 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). 3.5% of Blount Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blount Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Blount Township is 560th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 558 | Rockford Township MN | 3,474 | $93K | 0.9% | 3.7% | 2% | A |
| 559 | Hartford WI | 3,359 | $110K | 5.6% | 3.3% | 2% | A |
| 560 | Blount Township IL | 3,322 | $110K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 561 | London Britain Township PA | 3,180 | $195K | 2.3% | 3.3% | 3% | A |
| 562 | Bayshore NC | 2,949 | $95K | 3.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Blount Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns next door employ 42% of Blount Township
The biggest share goes to Danville (34%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blount Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blount Township | – | A | D− | 19 min | $110,451 |
| Pilot Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Newell Township | under 2% | C− | C | 16 min | $61,458 |
| Danville Township | 8% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Danville | 34% | D | B+ | 14 min | $45,957 |
| Oakwood Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $57,188 |
| South Ross Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Catlin Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $77,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pilot Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Danville Township and South Ross Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blount 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 Blount Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blount Township?
$110,451 (±$17,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blount Township?
3.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blount Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blount Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danville (34%, 7 mi), Danville Township (8%, 9 mi), Champaign (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blount Township walkable?
Blount Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blount Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blount Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blount 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.