Douglas Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. Employers in Douglas Township report 13 jobs, and 35 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Douglas Township itself; outside it, Marshall draws the most (26%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Douglas Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Douglas Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Out of Douglas Township to work: where people go
Where Douglas Township clocks in
26% of workers
20% of workers
6% 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 Douglas Township’s employers do
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 Douglas Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Douglas Township
of Douglas Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Douglas Township
About 26% 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.
Douglas Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Douglas Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Township | – | — | — | — | $58,177 |
| Marshall Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Dolson Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Symmes Township | under 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Wabash Township | under 3% | C | D− | 22 min | $83,431 |
| Grandview Township | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marshall Township: not graded. Dolson Township, Symmes Township and Grandview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Douglas 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Douglas Township workers work outside Illinois. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Douglas Township: questions
What is the median household income in Douglas Township?
$58,177 (±$32,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Douglas Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Douglas Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (26%, 5 mi), Terre Haute (20%, 19 mi), Casey (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Douglas 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 Douglas Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Douglas 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.