Household incomes in Caseyville Township are higher than in 65% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. Below the poverty line: 7.4% of residents, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. The two grades for Caseyville Township are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Caseyville Township and work: the main findings
Caseyville Township trades workers with the towns around it
Caseyville Township has about as many jobs (17,348) as working residents (15,124), but they are mostly different people: 13,337 residents leave for work each day while 15,561 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Caseyville Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Caseyville Township workers cross into Missouri
23% of Caseyville Township workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, St. Louis (13%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A lot of Caseyville Township works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Caseyville Township: Belleville (10%), O'Fallon (7%) and Fairview Heights (7%). Next door ↓
Caseyville Township draws workers from far and wide
The 17,348 jobs in Caseyville Township are filled from a wide area. Caseyville Township’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Caseyville 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.
What’s behind Caseyville Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Caseyville Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #337 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Caseyville Township’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Caseyville Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Caseyville Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 13,337 residents head out to work, 1,787 work right here, and 15,561 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 (1.15 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.
13% of working residents work in St. Louis
Where Caseyville Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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 22 minutes each way for Caseyville Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caseyville Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,732 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.
Inside Caseyville Township’s 17,348 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caseyville Township, 2013 → 2023: 16,246 → 17,348. 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 Caseyville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Caseyville Township
About 15% 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: Caseyville Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caseyville Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #322 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% 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 17,687 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 56% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 10% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 4.3% of Caseyville Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Caseyville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Caseyville Township places 621st of 1,287 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 24,000 to 47,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 6 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | New Lenox IL | 28,893 | $141K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 619 | Holland MI | 35,372 | $76K | 10.3% | 2.5% | 27% | B+ |
| 620 | Ossining NY | 27,579 | $104K | 8.6% | 6.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 621 | Caseyville Township IL | 34,825 | $87K | 7.4% | 5.0% | 12% | B+ |
| 622 | Schererville IN | 29,825 | $89K | 7.7% | 5.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 623 | Woburn MA | 43,962 | $111K | 7.9% | 7.9% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Caseyville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Caseyville Township and its neighbors: 26% work next door
The biggest share goes to Belleville (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caseyville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caseyville Township | – | B+ | A− | 22 min | $87,204 |
| O'Fallon Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 26 min | $100,136 |
| Canteen Township | under 2% | C− | A− | 20 min | $49,755 |
| St. Clair Township | under 2% | B | A− | 23 min | $80,309 |
| O'Fallon | 7% | A | A− | 25 min | $105,982 |
| Belleville | 10% | C+ | A | 25 min | $63,535 |
| Collinsville Township | under 2% | B | B− | 26 min | $77,785 |
| Shiloh | under 2% | A | B+ | 25 min | $99,573 |
| Fairview Heights | 7% | B | A− | 22 min | $80,930 |
| Swansea | 2% | B+ | B | 24 min | $91,587 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Caseyville 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 Caseyville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Caseyville Township?
$87,204 (±$6,246) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caseyville Township?
7.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caseyville 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 Caseyville Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (13%, 14 mi), Belleville (10%, 7 mi), O'Fallon (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Caseyville Township walkable?
Caseyville Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caseyville Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 10% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caseyville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caseyville 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.