Malvern Roller Mill · Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Most of Clyde Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Clyde Township for work; outside it, Morrison is the main destination (22%, 6 miles). There are 41 jobs in Clyde Township for 193 working residents. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Clyde Township
On a workday 193 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Clyde Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The towns that employ Clyde Township’s residents
Where Clyde Township clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
What Clyde Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clyde Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 41. 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 Clyde Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Clyde Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clyde Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 3% 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 Clyde Township
About 26% 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.
How Clyde Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clyde Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $50,179 |
| Genesee Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | B | B | 20 min | $74,185 |
| Ustick Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Fairhaven Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Genesee Township, Ustick Township and Fairhaven Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clyde 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 Clyde Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clyde Township?
$50,179 (±$31,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clyde Township?
3.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clyde Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clyde Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morrison (22%, 6 mi), Clinton (11%, 17 mi), Sterling (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clyde Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clyde Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clyde 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.