Camp Point Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
The two grades for Camp Point Township are C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Employers in Camp Point Township report 461 jobs; 803 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Camp Point Township: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Camp Point Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Camp Point Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Camp Point Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Camp Point Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 803 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Camp Point Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Camp Point Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Camp Point Township’s grade up (9.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Camp Point 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, Camp Point Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Getting to work from Camp Point Township takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camp Point Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 776 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.
Jobs in Camp Point Township: what the 461 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camp Point Township, 2013 → 2023: 503 → 461. 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 Camp Point Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Camp Point Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 704 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Camp Point Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
25% of working residents work in Quincy
Where Camp Point Township clocks in
25% of workers
8% 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 commute from Camp Point Township, by distance
About 27% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Camp Point Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camp Point Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 804 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). 5.5% of Camp Point Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Camp Point Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Camp Point Township ranks: 3,737th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 27 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 40 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,735 | South River NM | 1,810 | $69K | 13.7% | 4.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,736 | Henderson LA | 1,594 | $49K | 12.9% | 1.1% | 15% | C |
| 3,737 | Camp Point Township IL | 1,612 | $66K | 9.9% | 1.5% | 12% | C |
| 3,738 | Stetson ME | 1,243 | $76K | 10.4% | 3.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,739 | Effingham NH | 1,819 | $77K | 9.0% | 5.5% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Camp Point Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Camp Point Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camp Point Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Point Township | – | C | A | 20 min | $66,182 |
| Columbus Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Honey Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Houston Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Clayton Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Columbus Township, Honey Creek Township, Houston Township and Clayton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camp Point 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 Camp Point Township: questions
What is the median household income in Camp Point Township?
$66,182 (±$6,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camp Point Township?
9.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camp Point Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camp Point Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (25%, 17 mi), Mount Sterling (8%, 18 mi), Camp Point (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camp Point Township walkable?
Camp Point Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camp Point Township without a car?
<1% 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 Camp Point Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camp Point 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.