More people are out of work in Cincinnati Township (5.1%) than in 63% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Cincinnati Township is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. Cincinnati Township grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cincinnati Township stands out on work
Cincinnati Township and Pekin trade workers both ways
Pekin is the top workplace for Cincinnati Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Cincinnati Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cincinnati Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Cincinnati Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cincinnati Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cincinnati Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cincinnati Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #436 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Cincinnati Township’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cincinnati Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
20% of working residents work in Pekin
Where Cincinnati Township clocks in
Lines 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.
In Cincinnati Township, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2,105 jobs are based in Cincinnati Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cincinnati Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,622 → 2,105. 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 Cincinnati Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cincinnati Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,195 residents head out to work, 222 work right here, and 1,883 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Cincinnati Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 24 minutes to work from Cincinnati Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cincinnati Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,985 commuters (the 10% 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.
The commute from Cincinnati Township, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Cincinnati Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cincinnati Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #637 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Cincinnati 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 3,306 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 19% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 6.0% of Cincinnati Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cincinnati Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cincinnati Township places 1,459th of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,457 | Le Mars IA | 10,760 | $75K | 9.2% | 2.8% | 51% | B |
| 1,458 | Charles Town WV | 9,329 | $89K | 6.5% | 5.9% | 8% | B |
| 1,459 | Cincinnati Township IL | 8,825 | $84K | 8.4% | 5.1% | 6% | B |
| 1,460 | Phelps NY | 6,559 | $80K | 10.2% | 3.1% | 12% | B |
| 1,461 | Midland WA | 9,050 | $85K | 11.5% | 5.4% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | 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 Cincinnati Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Cincinnati Township and its neighbors: 20% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cincinnati Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Township | – | B | C | 24 min | $83,712 |
| Hollis Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $87,069 |
| Pekin Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Elm Grove Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $103,973 |
| Spring Lake Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $86,685 |
| Sand Prairie Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $67,500 |
| Pekin | 20% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $60,790 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pekin Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pekin. Darker towns draw more of Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cincinnati Township?
$83,712 (±$12,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cincinnati Township?
8.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cincinnati Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cincinnati Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pekin (20%, 4 mi), Peoria (19%, 16 mi), Morton (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cincinnati Township walkable?
Cincinnati Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cincinnati 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.