Most of Coloma Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
2,196 jobs are based in Coloma Township, and 4,333 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Coloma Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Coloma Township is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Coloma Township: the figures worth knowing
Much of Coloma Township works one town over
47% of working residents work in a town that borders Coloma Township: Sterling (24%), Rock Falls (10%) and Sterling Township (9%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Coloma Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 84 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Coloma Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Coloma Township’s grade up (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coloma Township could be anywhere from D to C.
How long Coloma Township spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coloma Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,209 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.
The daily commute in and out of Coloma Township
On a workday 3,834 residents head out to work, 499 work right here, and 1,697 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,100 people are in Coloma Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
24% of working residents work in Sterling
Where Coloma Township clocks in
24% 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.
What Coloma Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coloma Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,579 → 2,196. 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 Coloma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Coloma 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.
In Coloma Township, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,518 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). 10.5% of Coloma Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Coloma Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Coloma Township compares with U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 7 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 16 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 31 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,594 | Brattleboro VT | 11,872 | $58K | 17.8% | 7.2% | 52% | C− |
| 2,595 | Antigo WI | 8,060 | $46K | 19.5% | 4.5% | 40% | D |
| 2,596 | Coloma Township IL | 10,277 | $52K | 22.3% | 5.8% | 12% | D |
| 2,597 | Mill Township OH | 9,639 | $54K | 22.2% | 7.0% | 21% | D |
| 2,598 | Branson MO | 12,921 | $52K | 20.2% | 5.8% | 45% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Coloma Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
47% of Coloma Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Sterling (24%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coloma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coloma Township | – | D | A− | 17 min | $52,152 |
| Sterling Township | 9% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Sterling | 24% | C | A− | 18 min | $57,350 |
| Hopkins Township | 2% | B− | C | 36 min | $97,075 |
| Rock Falls | 10% | D | A− | 16 min | $49,600 |
| Montmorency Township | 2% | B+ | D | 20 min | $92,147 |
| Nelson Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hume Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sterling Township: not graded. Nelson Township and Hume Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coloma 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 Coloma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coloma Township?
$52,152 (±$5,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coloma Township?
22.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coloma Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coloma Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sterling (24%, 2 mi), Rock Falls (10%, 0 mi), Sterling Township (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coloma Township walkable?
Coloma Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coloma Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coloma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coloma 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.