Most of Casner Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers work from home; Illinois has 16%. Employers in Casner Township report 101 jobs, and 532 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Casner Township are C for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Casner Township stands out on work
Casner Township is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Casner Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Casner Township has about 710 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Casner Township works in Mount Vernon
182 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Mount Vernon, 9.8 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Casner Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 532 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Casner Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Casner Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Casner Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Casner 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, Casner Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Casner Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 517 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Casner Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
34% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Casner Township clocks in
34% of workers
3% 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.
Casner Township works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Casner Township, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 101. 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 Casner Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Casner Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Casner Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 357 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.
Miles to work from Casner Township
About 26% 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.
Most of Casner Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Casner Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 380 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). 0.0% of Casner Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Casner Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Casner Township ranks 1,954th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,952 | Plymouth CA | 1,174 | $93K | 15.7% | 5.4% | 2% | C |
| 1,953 | Rio WI | 1,123 | $68K | 17.6% | 1.1% | 4% | C |
| 1,954 | Casner Township IL | 1,141 | $65K | 10.7% | 5.0% | 3% | C |
| 1,955 | Evans Township IL | 1,148 | $70K | 11.6% | 1.4% | 3% | C |
| 1,956 | Pulteney NY | 1,240 | $69K | 6.8% | 3.8% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Casner Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Casner Township
The biggest share goes to Shiloh Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Casner Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casner Township | – | C | C | 24 min | $65,313 |
| Shiloh Township | 2% | C | C | 14 min | $70,031 |
| Grand Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Blissville Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Ashley Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Rome Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $61,964 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Prairie Township, Blissville Township and Ashley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Casner 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 Casner Township: questions
What is the median household income in Casner Township?
$65,313 (±$4,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Casner Township?
10.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Casner Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Casner Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (34%, 10 mi), Marion (3%, 43 mi), Nashville (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Casner Township walkable?
Casner Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Casner Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Casner Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Casner 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.