Chouteau Township draws 11,068 commuters a day, with 3.7 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Employers in Chouteau Township report 11,353 jobs for 3,096 working residents. Chouteau Township grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chouteau Township at work: what stands out
Chouteau Township fills up on a workday
Chouteau Township has 11,353 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, more than double the 7,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
68% of the jobs in Chouteau Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Chouteau Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Chouteau Township went from 6,529 in 2013 to 11,353 in 2023, +74%. The jobs ↓
Chouteau Township draws workers from far and wide
The 11,353 jobs in Chouteau Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 30%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Chouteau Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Chouteau Township: Granite City (12%), St. Louis (10%) and Pontoon Beach (3%). Next door ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Chouteau Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chouteau Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #445 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Chouteau Township’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($60,160, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chouteau Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Chouteau Township’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 2,811 residents head out to work and 285 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Chouteau Township on a workday afternoon, 111% more 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.
The kinds of work in Chouteau Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chouteau Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,529 → 11,353. 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 Chouteau Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Chouteau Township, and from where
Where Chouteau Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from Chouteau Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chouteau Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,956 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Chouteau Township
About 16% 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.
In Chouteau Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chouteau Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #716 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Chouteau 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 3,134 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). 2.0% of Chouteau Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Chouteau Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Chouteau Township is 1,556th among 3,083 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,554 | Groesbeck OH | 7,824 | $62K | 9.8% | 3.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,555 | Carlisle OH | 5,885 | $71K | 10.1% | 4.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,556 | Chouteau Township IL | 7,428 | $60K | 14.0% | 2.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,557 | German Township IN | 8,780 | $79K | 15.0% | 2.4% | 30% | B |
| 1,558 | Concord NY | 8,290 | $79K | 7.5% | 3.9% | 21% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | 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 Chouteau Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
25% of Chouteau Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Granite City (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chouteau Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chouteau Township | – | B | C− | 24 min | $60,160 |
| Nameoki Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $65,176 |
| Edwardsville Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $92,712 |
| Granite City Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Venice Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 20 min | $44,117 |
| Granite City | 12% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $59,205 |
| Pontoon Beach | 3% | C | B− | 23 min | $62,861 |
| Wood River Township | under 2% | B− | B | 23 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Granite City Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chouteau 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 Chouteau Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chouteau Township?
$60,160 (±$4,095) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chouteau Township?
14.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chouteau Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chouteau Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granite City (12%, 4 mi), St. Louis (10%, 13 mi), Edwardsville (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chouteau Township walkable?
Chouteau Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chouteau Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chouteau Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chouteau 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.