With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Cornwall Township works elsewhere
Cornwall Township has 46 jobs for 94 working residents. Only 1% work in Cornwall Township itself; outside it, Geneseo draws the most (18%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cornwall Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Cornwall Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Commuting out of Cornwall Township: the destinations
Where Cornwall Township clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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 Cornwall Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cornwall Township, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 46. 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 Cornwall Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cornwall Township: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cornwall Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 0% 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 Cornwall Township goes to work
About 17% 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.
Around Cornwall Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cornwall Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall Township | – | — | — | 15 min | $75,000 |
| Munson Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Annawan Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $86,125 |
| Burns Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Atkinson Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $57,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Munson Township and Burns Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cornwall 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 Cornwall Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cornwall Township?
$75,000 (±$46,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cornwall Township?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cornwall Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cornwall Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneseo (18%, 9 mi), Kewanee (12%, 10 mi), Moline (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cornwall 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 Cornwall Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cornwall 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.