Households in Central Township have lower incomes than those in 65% of U.S. towns
For 8% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Below the poverty line: 11.6% of residents (Illinois 11.8%). The two grades for Central Township are C 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
What stands out about work in Central Township
Central Township and Greenville trade workers both ways
Greenville is the top workplace for Central Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Central Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Central 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 Central Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Central Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #620 of 768 in Illinois. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Central Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Central Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
30% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Central Township clocks in
30% of workers
4% 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.
Getting to work from Central Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Central Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,996 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Central Township
About 34% 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.
Central Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,812 residents head out to work, 818 work right here, and 2,737 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,300 people are in Central Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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 3,555 jobs in Central Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Central Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,822 → 3,555. 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 Central Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Central Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Central Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #222 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,266 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). 8.3% of Central Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Central Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Central Township next to U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,300: 2,226th of 2,947 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 11 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 2,224 | Dunbar Township PA | 6,371 | $61K | 18.0% | 3.9% | 8% | C |
| 2,225 | Inverness Highlands South FL | 7,449 | $61K | 8.7% | 5.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,226 | Central Township IL | 8,368 | $66K | 11.6% | 5.2% | 31% | C |
| 2,227 | Fowler CA | 7,745 | $67K | 19.3% | 7.1% | 8% | C |
| 2,228 | Girard OH | 9,384 | $53K | 20.0% | 4.9% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,947 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Central Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Central Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Central Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Township | – | C | A− | 21 min | $65,676 |
| Old Ripley Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lagrange Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $121,250 |
| Pleasant Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Mills Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Old Ripley Township, Pleasant Mound Township and Mills Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Central 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 Central Township: questions
What is the median household income in Central Township?
$65,676 (±$7,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Central Township?
11.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Central Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Central Township work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (30%, 3 mi), Springfield (4%, 65 mi), Highland (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Central Township walkable?
Central Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Central Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Central Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Central 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.