Canteen Township has lower household incomes than 88% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26. 27.1% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. Measured by household income, Canteen Township is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Canteen Township and work: the main findings
Canteen Township trades workers with the towns around it
Canteen Township has about as many jobs (2,793) as working residents (2,800), but they are mostly different people: 2,650 residents leave for work each day while 2,643 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Canteen Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Canteen 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 ↓
The jobs in Canteen Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
59% of the jobs based in Canteen Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 44% of the jobs Canteen Township residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Canteen Township. The jobs ↓
Canteen Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Canteen Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Canteen Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Canteen Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Canteen Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #675 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Canteen Township’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (27.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canteen Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who commutes out of Canteen Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,650 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 2,643 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Canteen Township: 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 Canteen Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,775 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Canteen Township
2,793 jobs are based in Canteen Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canteen Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,926 → 2,793. 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 Canteen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
13% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Canteen Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 Canteen Township, by distance
About 20% 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.
Canteen Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,964 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 35% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Canteen Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Canteen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Canteen Township is 2,489th of 3,051 U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,487 | Winnemucca NV | 8,307 | $82K | 14.0% | 5.7% | 42% | C− |
| 2,488 | New Carlisle OH | 5,525 | $64K | 18.7% | 13.3% | 5% | C− |
| 2,489 | Canteen Township IL | 7,714 | $50K | 27.1% | 7.1% | 5% | C− |
| 2,490 | Harriman TN | 6,192 | $45K | 21.2% | 4.3% | 8% | C− |
| 2,491 | Galena Park TX | 10,352 | $51K | 20.9% | 15.4% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | 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 Canteen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns next door employ 13% of Canteen Township
The biggest share goes to Belleville (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canteen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canteen Township | – | C− | A− | 20 min | $49,755 |
| East St. Louis Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| East St. Louis | 4% | C− | A | 23 min | $35,700 |
| Washington Park | under 3% | C− | A | 21 min | $38,750 |
| Fairview Heights | 4% | B | A− | 22 min | $80,930 |
| Caseyville Township | under 3% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $87,204 |
| Fairmont City | under 3% | B− | B− | 17 min | $48,147 |
| Nameoki Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $65,176 |
| Belleville | 5% | C+ | A | 25 min | $63,535 |
| Stites Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Stookey Township | under 3% | B | B+ | 23 min | $81,894 |
Same-state neighbors only. East St. Louis Township: not graded. Stites Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Canteen 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 Canteen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Canteen Township?
$49,755 (±$10,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canteen Township?
27.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canteen Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canteen Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (13%, 9 mi), Edwardsville (5%, 12 mi), Collinsville (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canteen Township walkable?
Canteen Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canteen Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canteen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canteen 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.