Photo: BonkerStonker29 · CC BY-SA 4.0College students make up 30% of Champaign City Township’s residents
For jobs and income Champaign City Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+). About two in five work in Champaign City Township; the top destination outside it is Champaign (45%, 0 miles). Working residents average 15 minutes each way, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Champaign City Township at work: what stands out
Much of Champaign City Township works one town over
63% of working residents work in a town that borders Champaign City Township: Champaign (45%), Urbana (15%) and Champaign Township (2%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Champaign City Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Champaign City Township is where the jobs are
Champaign City Township has 46,844 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Champaign City Township’s grade
Job access by car holds Champaign City Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.4%, U.S. 11.9%). It also does well on family income.
Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (24% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 13.4%, against 25.9% for all residents. Unemployment (4.8%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($95,576), since student households pull the household median down ($56,118).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Champaign City Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Champaign City Township’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Champaign City Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35,490 commuters (the 17% 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 Champaign City Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 16,348 residents head out to work, 13,225 work right here, and 33,619 people come in from elsewhere.
About 108,000 people are in Champaign City Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Champaign City Township live
Where Champaign City Township clocks in
45% of workers
15% 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.
Jobs in Champaign City Township: what the 46,844 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Champaign City Township, 2014 → 2024: 46,123 → 46,844. 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 Champaign City Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Champaign City Township
About 24% 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.
Champaign City Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Champaign City Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #10 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Champaign City 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 42,924 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 89% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 17.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.7% of Champaign City Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Champaign City Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Champaign City Township is 300th of 491 U.S. towns of 64,000 to 123,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 13 | Vernon Township IL | 71,353 | $146K | 6.3% | 2.4% | 15% | A+ |
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| 19 | Wheatland Township IL | 92,693 | $173K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Arlington Heights IL | 76,216 | $117K | 6.0% | 3.5% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 298 | Miami Beach FL | 81,594 | $73K | 14.4% | 4.6% | 25% | B |
| 299 | Champaign IL | 91,195 | $56K | 25.9% | 4.8% | 45% | B |
| 300 | Champaign City Township IL | 91,195 | $56K | 25.9% | 4.8% | 45% | B |
| 301 | Rapid City SD | 80,589 | $71K | 12.5% | 2.6% | 73% | B− |
| 302 | Delray Beach FL | 69,809 | $82K | 13.0% | 5.8% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 491 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 50% | 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 Champaign City Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns next door employ 63% of Champaign City Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Champaign City Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign City Township | – | B | A+ | 15 min | $56,118 |
| Champaign | 45% | B | A+ | 15 min | $56,118 |
| Champaign Township | 2% | A | A− | 17 min | $100,063 |
| Hensley Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 13 min | $108,081 |
| Urbana | 15% | C+ | A+ | 14 min | $45,346 |
| Cunningham Township | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 14 min | $45,346 |
| Urbana Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 16 min | $62,905 |
| Somer Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Savoy | 1% | A− | B | 18 min | $91,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Somer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Champaign. Darker towns draw more of Champaign City 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.
- Students. 30% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Champaign City Township: questions
What is the median household income in Champaign City Township?
$56,118 (±$3,560) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Champaign City Township?
25.9% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 13.4%. Illinois: 11.8%.
How long is the commute from Champaign City Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Champaign City Township work?
45% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (45%, 0 mi), Urbana (15%, 4 mi), Chicago (4%, 123 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Champaign City Township walkable?
Champaign City Township is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Champaign City Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 89% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Champaign City Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Champaign City 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.