Bonus Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns. 317 jobs are based in Bonus Township, against 1,718 working residents. For jobs and income Bonus Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bonus Township
Bonus Township is a place people come home to
There are 317 jobs based in Bonus Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bonus Township has about 3,000 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bonus Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Bonus Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bonus Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
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 Bonus Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Bonus Township’s grade up ($100,806, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bonus Township could be anywhere from C− to A+.
Bonus Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,707 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Bonus Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Bonus Township works in goods: 38% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bonus Township, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 317. 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 Bonus Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
23% of working residents work in Rockford
Where Bonus Township clocks in
23% of workers
17% 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.
Time on the road from Bonus Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bonus Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,945 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bonus Township
About 20% 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.
In Bonus Township, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,255 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). 2.6% of Bonus Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bonus Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bonus Township next to U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900: 1,762nd of 3,908 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Wellford SC | 3,914 | $57K | 16.2% | 0.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,761 | Wake Village TX | 5,796 | $72K | 14.3% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,762 | Bonus Township IL | 4,390 | $101K | 10.5% | 6.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,763 | Richmond Township MI | 3,632 | $126K | 4.5% | 14.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,764 | Jefferson OH | 3,148 | $53K | 6.5% | 1.5% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | 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 Bonus Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Bonus Township
The biggest share goes to Belvidere Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bonus Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus Township | – | B | D | 27 min | $100,806 |
| Spring Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Belvidere Township | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Marengo Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Township, Belvidere Township and Marengo Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bonus 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 Bonus Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bonus Township?
$100,806 (±$40,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bonus Township?
10.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bonus Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bonus Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (23%, 16 mi), Belvidere (17%, 7 mi), Chicago (5%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bonus Township walkable?
Bonus Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bonus Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bonus Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bonus 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.