Photo: Daytripper07 (Uploads) · CC BY 2.5Bunker Hill Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Bunker Hill Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C. 492 jobs are based in Bunker Hill Township, against 1,415 working residents. Measured by household income, Bunker Hill Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bunker Hill Township, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Bunker Hill Township
58% of Bunker Hill Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Bunker Hill Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Bunker Hill Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Bunker Hill Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Bunker Hill Township empties out on a workday
About 2,200 people are in Bunker Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 3,100 who live here: 1,300 head out to work and 350 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Bunker Hill Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bunker Hill Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #319 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Bunker Hill Township’s grade up ($104,167, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bunker Hill Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
What Bunker Hill Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bunker Hill Township, 2014 → 2024: 396 → 492. 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 Bunker Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Bunker Hill Township on a workday
On a workday 1,271 residents head out to work, 144 work right here, and 348 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Bunker Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
8% of working residents work in Bunker Hill
Where Bunker Hill Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bunker Hill Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,430 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bunker Hill 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Bunker Hill Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bunker Hill Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #655 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Bunker Hill Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,541 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). 1.0% of Bunker Hill Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bunker Hill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bunker Hill Township is 1,146th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,144 | Runaway Bay TX | 2,212 | $97K | 2.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,145 | Elmwood Township IL | 2,454 | $91K | 8.7% | 2.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,146 | Bunker Hill Township IL | 3,086 | $104K | 6.1% | 3.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,147 | Brighton Township IL | 3,826 | $92K | 7.7% | 2.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,148 | Johnson Township IN | 3,661 | $84K | 7.1% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Bunker Hill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Bunker Hill Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bunker Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill Township | – | B+ | C | 32 min | $104,167 |
| Brighton Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 32 min | $91,667 |
| Moro Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $100,243 |
| Dorchester Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 35 min | $68,690 |
| Hillyard Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hillyard Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bunker Hill 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 Bunker Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bunker Hill Township?
$104,167 (±$22,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bunker Hill Township?
6.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bunker Hill Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bunker Hill Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bunker Hill (8%, 2 mi), Alton (6%, 12 mi), Edwardsville (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bunker Hill Township walkable?
Bunker Hill Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bunker Hill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bunker Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bunker Hill 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.