Cazenovia Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Cazenovia Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Cazenovia Township has 200 jobs, and 763 of its residents work somewhere. 7% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cazenovia Township apart
Cazenovia Township is a place people come home to
There are 200 jobs based in Cazenovia Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cazenovia Township has about 1,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cazenovia Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Cazenovia Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Cazenovia Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cazenovia Township’s grade.
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Cazenovia 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, Cazenovia Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who commutes out of Cazenovia Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 727 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Cazenovia Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Cazenovia Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cazenovia Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 654 commuters (the 7% 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.
20% of working residents work in Peoria
Where Cazenovia Township clocks in
6% 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.
What Cazenovia Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cazenovia Township, 2014 → 2024: 224 → 200. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cazenovia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Cazenovia Township goes to work
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Cazenovia Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cazenovia Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cazenovia 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 703 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). 3.8% of Cazenovia Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cazenovia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cazenovia Township ranks: 2,613th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,611 | Meadowlakes TX | 1,831 | $79K | 8.2% | 4.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,612 | Alpine WY | 1,382 | $99K | 8.0% | 0.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,613 | Cazenovia Township IL | 1,610 | $74K | 9.5% | 7.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,614 | Township 3 KS | 1,300 | $72K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 36% | C+ |
| 2,615 | Woodstock NH | 1,439 | $86K | 6.2% | 1.7% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Cazenovia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Cazenovia Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cazenovia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cazenovia Township | – | C+ | C− | 34 min | $74,219 |
| Richland Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Metamora Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Linn Township | under 3% | — | — | 84 min | — |
| Partridge Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland Township, Linn Township and Partridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Metamora Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cazenovia 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 2024, 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 Cazenovia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cazenovia Township?
$74,219 (±$13,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cazenovia Township?
9.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cazenovia Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cazenovia Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (20%, 17 mi), Metamora (6%, 6 mi), Washburn (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cazenovia Township walkable?
Cazenovia Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cazenovia Township without a car?
<1% 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 Cazenovia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cazenovia Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.