Most of Danvers Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Danvers Township; the top destination outside it is Bloomington (28%, 14 miles). Employers in Danvers Township report 117 jobs; 844 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Danvers Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Danvers Township and work: the main findings
Danvers Township is a place people come home to
There are 117 jobs based in Danvers Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Danvers Township has about 1,100 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Danvers Township works in Bloomington
236 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Bloomington, 14 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Danvers Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 844 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Danvers Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Danvers 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, Danvers Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In and out of Danvers Township on a workday
On a workday 822 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Danvers Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Danvers Township’s working residents head each day
Where Danvers Township clocks in
28% of workers
22% 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 Danvers Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danvers Township, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 117. 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 Danvers Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Danvers Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danvers Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 669 commuters (the 20% 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.
Miles to work from Danvers 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.
Most trips from Danvers Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 833 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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). 2.0% of Danvers Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danvers Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Danvers Township is 440th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 438 | Lester Prairie MN | 1,881 | $97K | 3.0% | 0.8% | 3% | A |
| 439 | Brookside Village TX | 1,600 | $111K | 10.4% | 5.9% | 3% | A |
| 440 | Danvers Township IL | 1,842 | $98K | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 441 | Curran Township IL | 1,533 | $103K | 4.1% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 442 | Franklin Township IN | 1,627 | $91K | 4.8% | 6.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Danvers Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Danvers Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danvers Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danvers Township | – | A | C | 30 min | $97,500 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | A− | B | 21 min | $101,750 |
| Mackinaw Township | under 2% | A | C | 28 min | $102,770 |
| Allin Township | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Dry Grove Township | under 2% | A | C | 28 min | $117,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Allin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Allin Township. Darker towns draw more of Danvers 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 Danvers Township: questions
What is the median household income in Danvers Township?
$97,500 (±$24,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danvers Township?
2.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danvers Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danvers Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (28%, 14 mi), Normal (22%, 12 mi), Allin Township (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danvers Township walkable?
Danvers Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danvers Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danvers Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danvers 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.