At 9.3%, unemployment in Denning Township is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
5% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%. The two grades for Denning Township are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Denning Township is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Denning Township: the gist
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Denning Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Denning Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #748 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Denning Township’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Denning Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Denning Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,574 residents head out to work, 220 work right here, and 1,546 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Denning Township to work: where people go
Where Denning Township clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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 the 1,766 jobs in Denning Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denning Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,851 → 1,766. 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 Denning Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Denning Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denning Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,886 commuters (the 5% 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 Denning 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.
Driving is how Denning Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denning Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #456 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,980 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.6% of Denning Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Denning Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Denning Township sits among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,599 | Burgaw NC | 3,903 | $68K | 19.7% | 8.5% | 12% | D |
| 3,600 | Lewisburg WV | 3,721 | $50K | 28.0% | 5.3% | 26% | D |
| 3,601 | Denning Township IL | 4,628 | $53K | 23.5% | 9.3% | 12% | D |
| 3,602 | Denton Township MI | 5,411 | $46K | 19.7% | 4.5% | 14% | D |
| 3,603 | Candor NY | 4,962 | $49K | 21.3% | 5.1% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Denning Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Denning Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Frankfort Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denning Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denning Township | – | D | B | 24 min | $52,917 |
| Six Mile Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 29 min | $56,437 |
| Frankfort Township | 1% | D | B− | 26 min | $57,250 |
| Browning Township | under 2% | C− | C | 22 min | $53,125 |
| Freeman Spur | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Freeman Spur: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Denning 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 Denning Township: questions
What is the median household income in Denning Township?
$52,917 (±$8,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denning Township?
23.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denning Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denning Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (16%, 12 mi), West Frankfort (14%, 3 mi), Mount Vernon (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Denning Township walkable?
Denning Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denning Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denning Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denning 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.