Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Cotton Hill Township’s working residents commute to Springfield
34% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Only 3% work in Cotton Hill Township; the top destination outside it is Springfield (57%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 56 minutes getting to work on average; the Illinois average is 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cotton Hill Township
Cotton Hill Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 56 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 429 hours of commuting, 215 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (17 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
More than half of Cotton Hill Township works in Springfield
275 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Springfield, 11 miles away across the town line. That’s 19 times as many as work in Cotton Hill Township itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Cotton Hill Township
34% of Cotton Hill Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 56 minutes each way for Cotton Hill Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cotton Hill Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 373 commuters (the 34% 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 towns that employ Cotton Hill Township’s residents
Where Cotton Hill Township clocks in
57% of workers
2% 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.
Cotton Hill Township by day and by night
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Cotton Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 2024, primary jobs.
Cotton Hill Township is a services town
293 jobs are based in Cotton Hill Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cotton Hill Township, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 293. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cotton Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Cotton Hill Township
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Cotton Hill Township and its neighbors: 58% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cotton Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill Township | – | — | — | 56 min | $95,179 |
| South Fork Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $76,354 |
| Rochester Township | 1% | A | C− | 22 min | $114,551 |
| Springfield | 57% | C | A | 17 min | $66,064 |
| Capital Township | under 2% | C | A | 17 min | $65,902 |
| Pawnee Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Buckhart Township | under 2% | B | C− | 21 min | $97,746 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pawnee Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springfield. Darker towns draw more of Cotton Hill 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 2024, 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 Cotton Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cotton Hill Township?
$95,179 (±$59,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cotton Hill Township?
13.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cotton Hill Township?
56 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cotton Hill Township work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Cotton Hill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cotton Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cotton Hill Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.