Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Byron Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in ten stay in Byron Township for work; outside it, Rockford is the main destination (23%, 12 miles). Byron Township has 1,447 jobs, and 2,902 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Byron Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Byron Township
How Byron Township earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Byron Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The kinds of work in Byron Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byron Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,411 → 1,447. 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 Byron Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Byron Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,565 residents head out to work, 337 work right here, and 1,110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Byron Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Out of Byron Township to work: where people go
Where Byron Township clocks in
23% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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 trip to work from Byron Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byron Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,690 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.
The commute from Byron Township, by distance
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Byron Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,017 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). 5.8% of Byron Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Byron Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Byron Township is 926th of 3,255 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 924 | Blythewood SC | 7,233 | $94K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 925 | Eaton Township OH | 6,576 | $77K | 6.3% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 926 | Byron Township IL | 6,398 | $90K | 6.1% | 2.9% | 12% | A− |
| 927 | East Union Township OH | 6,959 | $73K | 6.9% | 1.5% | 14% | A− |
| 928 | El Cerrito CA | 5,325 | $109K | 6.9% | 5.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Byron Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Byron Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Rockvale Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Byron Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Township | – | A− | B | 28 min | $90,069 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 25 min | $104,924 |
| Rockvale Township | 4% | A | D | 30 min | $125,156 |
| Winnebago Township | under 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $94,375 |
| Leaf River Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 30 min | $85,833 |
| Rockford Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rockford Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Byron 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 Byron Township: questions
What is the median household income in Byron Township?
$90,069 (±$14,188) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byron Township?
6.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byron Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byron Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (23%, 12 mi), Byron (11%, 3 mi), Oregon (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Byron Township walkable?
Byron Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Byron Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Byron Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Byron 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.