Most of Cahokia Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 194 jobs are based in Cahokia Township, against 1,364 working residents. Cahokia Township grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cahokia Township, in a few figures
Cahokia Township is a place people come home to
There are 194 jobs based in Cahokia Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cahokia Township has about 1,900 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Cahokia Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Cahokia Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cahokia Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #677 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Cahokia Township’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($57,132, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cahokia Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Cahokia Township
On a workday 1,339 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Cahokia Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Cahokia Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cahokia Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,289 commuters (the 3% 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.
7% of working residents work in Springfield
Where Cahokia Township clocks in
7% 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.
What Cahokia Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cahokia Township, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 194. 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 Cahokia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Cahokia Township to work
About 19% 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 Cahokia Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cahokia Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #691 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,335 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). 4.4% of Cahokia Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cahokia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cahokia Township next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200: 3,483rd of 4,562 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,481 | Moorefield WV | 2,655 | $49K | 8.1% | 5.3% | 42% | C− |
| 3,482 | Arcadia WI | 3,840 | $75K | 16.5% | 5.6% | 21% | C− |
| 3,483 | Cahokia Township IL | 3,084 | $57K | 15.1% | 4.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,484 | Harlem FL | 2,420 | $46K | 6.7% | 12.3% | <1% | C− |
| 3,485 | Pelican Rapids MN | 2,608 | $64K | 16.6% | 4.5% | 25% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cahokia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Cahokia Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cahokia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahokia Township | – | C− | C | 26 min | $57,132 |
| South Litchfield Township | under 3% | D | B | 19 min | $37,279 |
| Gillespie Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Mount Olive Township | under 3% | C− | D | 29 min | $62,561 |
| Honey Point Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Benld | under 3% | C− | B− | 26 min | $47,850 |
| Mount Clare | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gillespie Township: not graded. Honey Point Township and Mount Clare: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cahokia 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 Cahokia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cahokia Township?
$57,132 (±$8,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cahokia Township?
15.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cahokia Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cahokia Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (7%, 46 mi), Litchfield (6%, 5 mi), Gillespie (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cahokia Township walkable?
Cahokia Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cahokia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cahokia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cahokia 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.