Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Chenoa Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% work in Chenoa Township; the top destination outside it is Bloomington (25%, 18 miles). Employers in Chenoa Township report 295 jobs; 928 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chenoa Township, in a few figures
The kinds of work in Chenoa Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chenoa Township, 2013 → 2023: 422 → 295. 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 Chenoa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Chenoa Township by day
On a workday 894 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Chenoa Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where the trip to work from Chenoa Township ends
Where Chenoa Township clocks in
25% of workers
13% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Chenoa Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chenoa Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 833 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Chenoa Township commutes less than 22 miles
About 21% 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.
Work in the towns next to Chenoa Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chenoa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenoa Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $75,515 |
| Gridley Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $63,148 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Yates Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pike Township and Yates Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chenoa 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 Chenoa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chenoa Township?
$75,515 (±$16,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chenoa Township?
18.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chenoa Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chenoa Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (25%, 18 mi), Normal (13%, 17 mi), Lexington (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chenoa Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chenoa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chenoa 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.