Most of Buena Vista Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers work from home; Illinois has 16%. Buena Vista Township has 331 jobs for 798 working residents. Jobs and income earn Buena Vista Township D; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Buena Vista Township in brief
Buena Vista Township and Rushville trade workers both ways
Rushville is the top workplace for Buena Vista Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Buena Vista Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Buena Vista Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 77 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 798 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Buena Vista Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Buena Vista Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Buena Vista Township’s grade up ($70,855, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (38.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (8.0%) is left out: Buena Vista Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Buena Vista Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
20% of working residents work in Rushville
Where Buena Vista Township clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Buena Vista Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buena Vista Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 681 commuters (the 6% 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.
Buena Vista Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Buena Vista Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 764 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Buena Vista Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Jobs in Buena Vista Township: what the 331 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buena Vista Township, 2014 → 2024: 213 → 331. 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 Buena Vista Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Buena Vista Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buena Vista Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% 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 728 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). 5.4% of Buena Vista Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buena Vista Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Buena Vista Township ranks 4,803rd of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,801 | Huntsville MO | 1,362 | $53K | 17.9% | 0.0% | 8% | D |
| 4,802 | Canisteo NY | 2,140 | $54K | 16.6% | 10.3% | 13% | D |
| 4,803 | Buena Vista Township IL | 1,852 | $71K | 38.7% | 8.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,804 | Reserve Township IN | 1,301 | $51K | 17.4% | 6.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,805 | Amity NY | 2,123 | $61K | 22.9% | 6.5% | 14% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Buena Vista Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Buena Vista Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buena Vista Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Township | – | D | C | 18 min | $70,855 |
| Littleton Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Woodstock Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Camden Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Rushville Township | under 2% | D | A− | 17 min | $53,993 |
Same-state neighbors only. Littleton Township, Woodstock Township and Camden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buena Vista Township?
$70,855 (±$14,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buena Vista Township?
38.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buena Vista Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buena Vista Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rushville (20%, 3 mi), Mount Sterling (13%, 13 mi), Macomb (9%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Buena Vista Township walkable?
Buena Vista Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buena Vista Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buena Vista Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buena Vista 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. 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.