About two in five of Cherry Valley Township’s working residents commute to Rockford
Jobs and income earn Cherry Valley Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C. At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). Only 7% work in Cherry Valley Township itself; outside it, Rockford draws the most (44%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cherry Valley Township, in brief
Cherry Valley Township trades workers with the towns around it
Cherry Valley Township has about as many jobs (9,214) as working residents (8,507), but they are mostly different people: 7,890 residents leave for work each day while 8,597 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Cherry Valley Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Cherry Valley Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Cherry Valley Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cherry Valley Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Cherry Valley Township pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Cherry Valley Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Cherry Valley Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Cherry Valley Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cherry Valley Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #555 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Cherry Valley Township’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cherry Valley Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
A workday in Cherry Valley Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 7,890 residents head out to work, 617 work right here, and 8,597 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 (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Cherry Valley Township’s residents
Where Cherry Valley Township clocks in
44% of workers
5% 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: 42% of jobs based in Cherry Valley Township
9,214 jobs are based in Cherry Valley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Valley Township, 2014 → 2024: 9,328 → 9,214. 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 Cherry Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cherry Valley Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Valley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,747 commuters (the 7% 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 Cherry Valley Township
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Cherry Valley Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cherry Valley Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #670 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,420 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.5% of Cherry Valley Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cherry Valley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cherry Valley Township next to U.S. towns of 13,000 to 26,000: 1,438th of 2,023 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 8 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 11 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 13 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 1,436 | Asbury Park NJ | 15,632 | $76K | 21.9% | 5.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,437 | La Marque TX | 20,324 | $71K | 15.6% | 6.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,438 | Cherry Valley Township IL | 19,268 | $69K | 10.4% | 7.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,439 | Key Largo FL | 13,026 | $86K | 9.9% | 3.8% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,440 | Boulder City NV | 14,884 | $75K | 11.4% | 7.6% | 19% | C+ |
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| 2,023 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Cherry Valley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Cherry Valley Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Cherry Valley (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley Township | – | C+ | C | 23 min | $69,367 |
| Rockford Township | 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Flora Township | under 1% | C− | C− | 24 min | $53,654 |
| Monroe Township | under 1% | A | C− | 34 min | $93,056 |
| Cherry Valley | 2% | B | B− | 24 min | $74,655 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rockford Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cherry Valley 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cherry Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Valley Township?
$69,367 (±$3,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Valley Township?
10.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Valley Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Valley Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Cherry Valley Township walkable?
Cherry Valley Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Valley Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Valley 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.