Burritt Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Burritt Township is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. 73 jobs are based in Burritt Township for 572 working residents. The two grades for Burritt Township are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Burritt Township
Burritt Township is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Burritt Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Burritt Township has about 600 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Burritt Township works in Rockford
199 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Rockford, 9.9 miles away. That’s far more as work in Burritt Township itself. 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; with 572 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Burritt Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Burritt Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Burritt 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, Burritt Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who works in Burritt Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 571 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Burritt Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
35% of working residents work in Rockford
Where Burritt Township clocks in
35% 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.
The kinds of work in Burritt Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burritt Township, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 73. 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 Burritt Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Burritt Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burritt Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 588 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far it is to work from Burritt Township
About 29% 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 Burritt Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Burritt Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Burritt 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 658 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Burritt Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burritt Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Burritt Township is 148th among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Haskins OH | 1,263 | $109K | 4.4% | 4.3% | <1% | A |
| 147 | Miller Township OH | 1,074 | $135K | 2.5% | 6.4% | 2% | A |
| 148 | Burritt Township IL | 1,097 | $101K | 0.0% | 6.8% | <1% | A |
| 149 | Avila Beach CA | 1,303 | $218K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 150 | Colwich KS | 1,445 | $88K | 1.3% | 7.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Burritt Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Burritt Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Winnebago Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burritt Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burritt Township | – | A | D− | 27 min | $100,903 |
| Pecatonica Township | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $81,012 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Westlake Village | under 2% | A | D− | 28 min | $116,563 |
| Winnebago Township | 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $94,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burritt 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 Burritt Township: questions
What is the median household income in Burritt Township?
$100,903 (±$60,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burritt Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burritt Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burritt Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (35%, 10 mi), Winnebago (8%, 4 mi), Loves Park (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burritt Township walkable?
Burritt Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burritt Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burritt Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burritt 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.