With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Chemung Township works elsewhere
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. There are 2,218 jobs in Chemung Township, and 4,028 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Chemung Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Chemung Township stands out on work
Chemung Township and Harvard trade workers both ways
Harvard is the top workplace for Chemung Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Chemung Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Chemung Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Chemung Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Chemung Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Chemung Township’s grade
Job access by car holds Chemung Township’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chemung Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
15% of working residents work in Harvard
Where Chemung Township clocks in
15% 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.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Chemung Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chemung Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,371 → 2,218. 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 Chemung Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Chemung Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,513 residents head out to work, 515 work right here, and 1,703 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Chemung Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chemung Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,909 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.
Miles to work from Chemung Township
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.
Chemung Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,135 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 50% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 2.6% of Chemung Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chemung Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Chemung Township is 2,153rd among 2,855 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 9 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 60 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 2,151 | Hanover Township PA | 11,781 | $61K | 19.0% | 5.1% | 15% | C |
| 2,152 | Van Wert OH | 11,200 | $55K | 14.2% | 4.2% | 39% | C |
| 2,153 | Chemung Township IL | 9,102 | $68K | 13.7% | 7.3% | 13% | C |
| 2,154 | Hamilton Township IN | 7,086 | $55K | 13.5% | 2.6% | 31% | C |
| 2,155 | Lansing Township MI | 8,060 | $48K | 19.1% | 5.0% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | 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 Chemung Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Chemung Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chemung Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemung Township | – | C | A | 28 min | $67,742 |
| Dunham Township | under 2% | B | A | 27 min | $92,697 |
| LeRoy Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Alden Township | under 2% | B | D | 31 min | $102,710 |
Same-state neighbors only. LeRoy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chemung 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 Chemung Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chemung Township?
$67,742 (±$5,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chemung Township?
13.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chemung Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chemung Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harvard (15%, 2 mi), Chicago (8%, 65 mi), Woodstock (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chemung Township walkable?
Chemung Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chemung Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 50% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chemung Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chemung 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.