Caldwell Farmstead · Photo: Coalfather · CC BY-SA 3.0Springfield draws about two in three of Curran Township’s working residents
Hardly any work in Curran Township; the top destination outside it is Springfield (66%, 7 miles). For jobs and income Curran Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Curran Township: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Curran Township works in Springfield
452 working residents, 66%, have their main job in Springfield, 7.4 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Curran Township itself. The commute map ↓
Curran Township is a place people come home to
There are 127 jobs based in Curran Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Curran Township has about 970 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Curran Township residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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; with 690 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Curran Township’s grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Curran Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Curran Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where people from Curran Township work
Where Curran Township clocks in
66% of workers
2% 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.
Who works in Curran Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 688 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Curran Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Curran Township
About 24% 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.
Curran Township works in goods: 35% of its jobs
127 jobs are based in Curran Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Curran Township, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 127. 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 Curran Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Curran Township takes 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 Curran Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 616 commuters (the 15% 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.
Few in Curran Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 727 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.3% of Curran Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Curran Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Curran Township places 400th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 398 | Brookside Village TX | 1,600 | $111K | 10.4% | 5.9% | 3% | A |
| 399 | Danvers Township IL | 1,842 | $98K | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 400 | Curran Township IL | 1,533 | $103K | 4.1% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 401 | Franklin Township IN | 1,627 | $91K | 4.8% | 6.5% | 1% | A |
| 402 | Herman WI | 1,145 | $115K | 6.3% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Curran Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
68% of Curran Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Curran Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curran Township | – | A | D | 17 min | $102,857 |
| Springfield | 66% | C | A | 17 min | $66,064 |
| Capital Township | under 1% | C | A | 17 min | $65,902 |
| Woodside Township | 2% | B | A | 18 min | $73,007 |
| Chatham Township | under 1% | A− | B+ | 19 min | $88,959 |
| Island Grove Township | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Island Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springfield. Darker towns draw more of Curran 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 Curran Township: questions
What is the median household income in Curran Township?
$102,857 (±$11,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Curran Township?
4.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Curran Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Curran Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (66%, 7 mi), Bloomington (2%, 66 mi), Woodside Township (2%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Curran Township walkable?
Curran Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Curran Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Curran Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Curran 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.