With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Blue Mound Township works elsewhere
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Blue Mound Township has 29 jobs, against 184 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Blue Mound Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Blue Mound 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 2024, primary jobs.
28% of working residents work in Bloomington
Where Blue Mound Township clocks in
28% of workers
11% 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.
In Blue Mound Township, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Mound Township, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 29. 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 Blue Mound Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Blue Mound Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue Mound Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 commuters (the 2% 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.
Blue Mound Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Blue Mound Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blue Mound Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $83,750 |
| Lexington Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Towanda Township | under 2% | A | C− | 18 min | $118,875 |
| Martin Township | 2% | C+ | B+ | 30 min | $81,250 |
| Dawson Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lexington Township: not graded. Dawson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Martin Township. Darker towns draw more of Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Mound Township?
$83,750 (±$25,283) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Mound Township?
11.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue Mound Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue Mound Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (28%, 12 mi), Normal (11%, 13 mi), Colfax (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Mound 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.