Crook Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
23 jobs are based in Crook Township, and 113 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Crook Township for work; outside it, Mount Vernon is the main destination (18%, 31 miles). For 0% 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
A workday in Crook Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Crook Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where people from Crook Township work
Where Crook Township clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
In Crook Township, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Crook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Crook Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crook Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 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 Crook Township’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
Crook Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to McLeansboro Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crook Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $81,938 |
| McLeansboro Township | 3% | C | B+ | 25 min | $52,809 |
| Beaver Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Mayberry Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Enfield Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 21 min | $52,727 |
| Twigg Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Mill Shoals Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaver Creek Township, Mayberry Township, Twigg Township and Mill Shoals Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crook 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 Crook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crook Township?
$81,938 (±$72,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crook Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crook Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crook Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (18%, 31 mi), McLeansboro (8%, 6 mi), Dahlgren Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crook 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 Crook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crook 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.