With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bluff Springs Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Illinois has 16%. 31 jobs are based in Bluff Springs Township; 404 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bluff Springs Township; the top destination outside it is Beardstown (32%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Bluff Springs Township
Bluff Springs Township is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Bluff Springs Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bluff Springs Township has about 480 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bluff Springs Township and Beardstown trade workers both ways
Beardstown is the top workplace for Bluff Springs Township residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Bluff Springs Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Bluff Springs Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Bluff Springs Township by day
On a workday 403 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Bluff Springs Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
The places Bluff Springs Township commutes to
Where Bluff Springs Township clocks in
32% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bluff Springs Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 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.
The kinds of work in Bluff Springs Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bluff Springs Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 31. 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 Bluff Springs Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bluff Springs Township’s workers travel
About 26% 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.
Around Bluff Springs Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bluff Springs Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Springs Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $122,143 |
| Lynchburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Browning Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Sangamon Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Arenzville Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Beardstown Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Frederick Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lynchburg Township, Browning Township, Sangamon Valley Township, Arenzville Township and Frederick Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Beardstown Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bluff Springs 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 Bluff Springs Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bluff Springs Township?
$122,143 (±$30,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bluff Springs Township?
8.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bluff Springs 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 Bluff Springs Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beardstown (32%, 4 mi), Springfield (10%, 42 mi), Jacksonville (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bluff Springs 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 Bluff Springs Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bluff Springs 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.