Photo: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Centralia Township, IL
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois. About one in four work in Centralia Township itself; outside it, Centralia draws the most (26%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Centralia Township
Centralia Township and Centralia trade workers both ways
Centralia is the top workplace for Centralia Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Centralia Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Centralia Township trades workers with the towns around it
Centralia Township has about as many jobs (5,206) as working residents (5,614), but they are mostly different people: 3,962 residents leave for work each day while 3,554 people come in. Only 32% of the jobs in Centralia Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Centralia 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 ↓
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.
Where Centralia Township’s working residents head each day
Where Centralia Township clocks in
26% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Centralia Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,962 residents head out to work, 1,652 work right here, and 3,554 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 (0.93 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.
Getting to work from Centralia Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centralia Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,318 commuters (the 5% 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.
What work there is in Centralia Township: 5,206 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centralia Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,007 → 5,206. 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 Centralia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Centralia Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Centralia Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centralia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centralia Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $51,444 |
| Brookside Township | 2% | D− | B | 17 min | $44,875 |
| Raccoon Township | under 2% | B | C− | 20 min | $78,487 |
| Sandoval Township | under 2% | D | C− | 22 min | $55,103 |
| Centralia | 26% | D | B+ | 19 min | $47,807 |
| Grand Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Irvington Township | under 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $72,115 |
| Wamac | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Prairie Township and Wamac: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Centralia. Darker towns draw more of Centralia 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 Centralia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Centralia Township?
$51,444 (±$2,627) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centralia Township?
20.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centralia Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centralia Township work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Centralia (26%, 2 mi), Mount Vernon (8%, 16 mi), Salem (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Centralia Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Centralia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centralia 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.