Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Carlyle Township (2.1%) than in 83% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Carlyle Township itself; outside it, Carlyle draws the most (16%, 1 miles). Carlyle Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Carlyle Township apart on work
Carlyle Township trades workers with the towns around it
Carlyle Township has about as many jobs (1,660) as working residents (1,574), but they are mostly different people: 1,311 residents leave for work each day while 1,397 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Carlyle Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Carlyle Township and Carlyle trade workers both ways
Carlyle is the top workplace for Carlyle Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Carlyle Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Carlyle Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. 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.
Why Carlyle Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carlyle Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #334 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Carlyle Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carlyle Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Carlyle Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,311 residents head out to work, 263 work right here, and 1,397 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 (1.05 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.
Where the trip to work from Carlyle Township ends
Where Carlyle Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Carlyle Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlyle Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,953 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.
What Carlyle Township’s employers do
1,660 jobs are based in Carlyle Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlyle Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,588 → 1,660. 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 Carlyle Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Carlyle Township
About 21% 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.
Getting around Carlyle Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carlyle Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #384 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Carlyle 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 2,195 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). 3.1% of Carlyle Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Carlyle Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carlyle Township is 1,252nd of 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,250 | Manor PA | 3,482 | $139K | 4.9% | 11.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,251 | Carthage Township IL | 2,848 | $80K | 5.2% | 0.1% | 32% | B+ |
| 1,252 | Carlyle Township IL | 3,778 | $88K | 6.6% | 2.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,253 | Marshall Township MI | 3,162 | $107K | 3.7% | 5.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,254 | Canterwood WA | 2,971 | $160K | 4.2% | 8.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | 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 Carlyle Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Carlyle Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carlyle Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlyle Township | – | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $87,917 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Irishtown Township | under 2% | D− | C | 31 min | $51,833 |
| Wade Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $64,191 |
| Clement Township | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Township and Clement Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carlyle 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 Carlyle Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carlyle Township?
$87,917 (±$22,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlyle Township?
6.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlyle Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carlyle Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carlyle (16%, 1 mi), Breese (8%, 9 mi), Centralia (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carlyle Township walkable?
Carlyle Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carlyle Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carlyle Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlyle 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.