Button Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Button Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Button Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
14% of working residents work in Paxton
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Button Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Button Township makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
34 jobs are based in Button Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Button Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Button Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 34. 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.
Working from home in Button Township
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Button Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 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.
Half of Button Township commutes less than 23 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 24% 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.
Button Township and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Button Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Button Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Button Township | – | — | — | — | $102,083 |
| Patton Township | under 2% | B | B | 26 min | $66,750 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Kerr Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Butler Township: not graded. Kerr Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Button Township: questions
What is the median household income in Button Township?
$102,083 (±$30,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Button Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Button Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paxton (14%, 6 mi), Gibson City (12%, 20 mi), Champaign (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Button Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Button Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Button 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.