Most of Cave Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 208 jobs are based in Cave Township, and 664 of its residents work somewhere. Cave Township grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cave Township and work: the main findings
Cave Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Cave Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 664 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cave Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Cave Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cave Township’s grade up (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Cave Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cave Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How long Cave Township spends getting to work: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cave Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 615 commuters (the 1% 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.
Who commutes out of Cave Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 636 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Cave Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
11% of working residents work in Benton
Where Cave Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cave Township, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 208. 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 Cave Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cave Township commutes
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.
Most trips from Cave Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cave Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cave 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 623 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). 4.4% of Cave Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cave Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Cave Township ranks 3,479th of 5,381 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,477 | Braddock PA | 1,647 | $38K | 27.5% | 33.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,478 | Kershaw SC | 2,038 | $69K | 15.0% | 1.6% | 7% | C |
| 3,479 | Cave Township IL | 1,649 | $63K | 11.2% | 7.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,480 | Adams Township OH | 1,497 | $80K | 15.9% | 3.2% | 1% | C |
| 3,481 | Washington Township PA | 1,760 | $77K | 26.5% | 1.6% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Cave Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Cave Township
The biggest share goes to Eastern Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cave Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Township | – | C | D | 44 min | $62,526 |
| Eastern Township | 3% | — | — | 50 min | — |
| Frankfort Township | under 2% | D | B− | 26 min | $57,250 |
| South Flannigan Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Tate Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eastern Township, South Flannigan Township and Tate Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cave 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 Cave Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cave Township?
$62,526 (±$14,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cave Township?
11.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cave Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cave Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benton (11%, 11 mi), Mount Vernon (11%, 29 mi), Marion (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cave Township walkable?
Cave Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cave Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cave Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cave 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.