With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Caledonia Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Caledonia Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Caledonia Township has 163 jobs; 3,188 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Caledonia Township are B+ 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 Caledonia Township
Caledonia Township is a place people come home to
There are 163 jobs based in Caledonia Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Caledonia Township has about 4,200 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Caledonia Township and Rockford trade workers both ways
Rockford is the top workplace for Caledonia Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Caledonia Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Caledonia Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 29 minutes). 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 Caledonia Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Caledonia Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #342 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Caledonia Township’s grade up (4.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Caledonia Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who commutes out of Caledonia Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,158 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Caledonia Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
24% of working residents work in Rockford
Where Caledonia Township clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
Getting to work from Caledonia Township takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caledonia Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,045 commuters (the 15% 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.
Caledonia Township works in goods: 40% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caledonia Township, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 163. 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 Caledonia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Caledonia Township, by distance
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Caledonia Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caledonia Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #745 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Caledonia 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 3,568 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). 1.8% of Caledonia Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caledonia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800, Caledonia Township comes 1,123rd 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,121 | Capitola CA | 9,340 | $103K | 12.9% | 2.7% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,122 | West Jefferson OH | 5,827 | $64K | 8.9% | 2.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,123 | Caledonia Township IL | 7,246 | $104K | 4.2% | 6.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,124 | Putnam Township MI | 7,797 | $96K | 12.3% | 2.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,125 | Wilmington Manor DE | 8,214 | $78K | 11.6% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | 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 Caledonia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Caledonia Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caledonia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Township | – | B+ | D | 35 min | $104,492 |
| Poplar Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Manchester Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Harlem Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $77,883 |
| Belvidere Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Poplar Grove Township and Belvidere Township: not graded. Manchester Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Caledonia 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 Caledonia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Caledonia Township?
$104,492 (±$15,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caledonia Township?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caledonia Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caledonia Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (24%, 11 mi), Belvidere (10%, 7 mi), Loves Park (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Caledonia Township walkable?
Caledonia Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caledonia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caledonia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caledonia 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.