Coe Township has higher household incomes than 91% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.7% of residents, next to 11.8% across Illinois. For jobs and income Coe Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Only 6% work in Coe Township itself; outside it, Davenport draws the most (14%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Coe Township, in brief
What’s behind Coe Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Coe Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coe Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where people from Coe Township work
Where Coe Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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 workday in Coe Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 697 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Coe Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.35 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.
Most jobs in Coe Township are in services
258 jobs are based in Coe Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coe Township, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 258. 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 Coe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Coe Township’s commute 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 Coe Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 742 commuters (the 20% 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.
How far it is to work from Coe Township
About 22% 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.
For most of Coe Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 930 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Coe Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400, Coe Township ranks 800th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 798 | Carleton MI | 2,302 | $73K | 7.6% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 799 | Rosefield Township IL | 1,204 | $85K | 3.2% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 800 | Coe Township IL | 1,759 | $128K | 2.7% | 5.4% | 6% | A− |
| 801 | St. Wendel Township MN | 2,210 | $105K | 7.4% | 0.9% | 1% | A− |
| 802 | Bridgeton Township PA | 1,228 | $82K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Coe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Coe Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Port Byron (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coe Township | – | A− | C | 24 min | $128,250 |
| Port Byron Township | under 3% | B | B | 21 min | $77,083 |
| Port Byron | 3% | A− | B | 22 min | $111,667 |
| Canoe Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Zuma Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Cordova Township | 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Erie Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 20 min | $82,426 |
| Hampton Township | 3% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $63,933 |
Same-state neighbors only. Canoe Creek Township, Zuma Township and Cordova Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coe 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 Coe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coe Township?
$128,250 (±$14,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coe Township?
2.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coe Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coe Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (14%, 18 mi), Moline (9%, 16 mi), East Moline (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coe Township walkable?
Coe Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coe Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coe 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.