Bourbon Township has lower unemployment (2.1%) than 83% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Bourbon Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in three stay in Bourbon Township for work; outside it, Arthur is the main destination (25%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bourbon Township stands out on work
Bourbon Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Bourbon Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bourbon Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 43%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bourbon Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Bourbon Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bourbon Township went from 1,613 in 2013 to 2,626 in 2023, +63%. The jobs ↓
Bourbon Township is where the jobs are
Bourbon Township has 2,626 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Bourbon Township and Arthur trade workers both ways
Arthur is the top workplace for Bourbon Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Bourbon Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Bourbon Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bourbon Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #505 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Bourbon Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bourbon Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 62% of the jobs in Bourbon Township
2,626 jobs are based in Bourbon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bourbon Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,613 → 2,626. 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 Bourbon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Bourbon Township takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bourbon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,535 commuters (the 15% 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.
Who commutes out of Bourbon Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,085 residents head out to work, 642 work right here, and 1,984 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Bourbon Township on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Bourbon Township’s workers come from
Where Bourbon Township clocks in
25% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Bourbon Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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 Bourbon Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bourbon Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #397 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 33.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,811 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). 40.4% of Bourbon Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bourbon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bourbon Township is 2,157th among 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,155 | Algona IA | 5,309 | $56K | 6.9% | 2.0% | 55% | B− |
| 2,156 | Jefferson OR | 3,299 | $102K | 9.2% | 7.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,157 | Bourbon Township IL | 4,173 | $77K | 13.2% | 2.1% | 37% | B− |
| 2,158 | Clinton Township MI | 3,700 | $77K | 4.3% | 7.1% | 7% | B− |
| 2,159 | Bemidji Township MN | 4,031 | $83K | 11.3% | 3.2% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Bourbon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bourbon Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Garrett Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bourbon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon Township | – | B− | B+ | 16 min | $76,630 |
| Arcola Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Garrett Township | 2% | B− | B− | 20 min | $69,643 |
| North Okaw Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arcola Township and North Okaw Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bourbon 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 Bourbon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bourbon Township?
$76,630 (±$10,181) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bourbon Township?
13.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bourbon Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bourbon Township work?
37% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arthur (25%, 3 mi), Tuscola (4%, 10 mi), Arcola (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bourbon Township walkable?
Bourbon Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 33% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bourbon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 40% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bourbon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bourbon 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.