Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Carmi Township trail those of 84% of U.S. towns
18.8% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. The two grades for Carmi Township are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 5% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Carmi Township: the figures worth knowing
Carmi Township and Carmi trade workers both ways
Carmi is the top workplace for Carmi Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Carmi Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Carmi Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 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.
What’s behind Carmi Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carmi Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #681 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Carmi Township’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carmi Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
29% of working residents work in Carmi
Where Carmi Township clocks in
29% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Carmi Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carmi Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,274 commuters (the 5% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Carmi Township
On a workday 1,862 residents head out to work, 758 work right here, and 1,436 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 (0.84 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.
What the 2,194 jobs in Carmi Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carmi Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,182 → 2,194. 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 Carmi Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Carmi Township to work
About 23% 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.
For most of Carmi Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carmi Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #543 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 2,403 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). 10.8% of Carmi Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carmi Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carmi Township is 2,745th of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 76 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,743 | Crosby TX | 4,617 | $59K | 36.8% | 9.9% | 2% | C− |
| 2,744 | Semmes AL | 6,259 | $66K | 22.5% | 6.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,745 | Carmi Township IL | 6,003 | $53K | 18.8% | 2.7% | 29% | C− |
| 2,746 | Kenai AK | 7,924 | $87K | 13.2% | 7.4% | — | C− |
| 2,747 | Evansdale IA | 4,463 | $60K | 24.0% | 6.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Carmi Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Carmi Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carmi Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmi Township | – | C− | B− | 21 min | $53,323 |
| Enfield Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 21 min | $52,727 |
| Heralds Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Burnt Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Hawthorne Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Phillips Township | under 2% | D− | C+ | 31 min | $53,550 |
Same-state neighbors only. Heralds Prairie Township, Burnt Prairie Township and Hawthorne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carmi 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 Carmi Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carmi Township?
$53,323 (±$8,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carmi Township?
18.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carmi Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carmi Township work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carmi (29%, 2 mi), Evansville (6%, 37 mi), Mount Vernon (3%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carmi Township walkable?
Carmi Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carmi Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carmi Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carmi 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.