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Jobs & commute in Eagle Creek Township

Eagle Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

2 jobs are based in Eagle Creek Township for 66 working residents. Hardly any work in Eagle Creek Township; the top destination outside it is Equality Township (8%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 48% of workers; Illinois has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

2 jobs based here
Household income
$86K
median · Illinois $83K
Poverty
4.5%
Illinois 11.8%
Unemployment
0.0%
Illinois 5.8% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 66 working residents
Work from home
48%
Illinois 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Eagle Creek Township

On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

66live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday100
160live here− 66head out to work+ 2come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Eagle Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Eagle Creek Township work

Elizabethtown: 2 residents work here (3%)Shawneetown: 2 residents work here (3%)Ridgway: 2 residents work here (3%)Equality: 2 residents work here (3%)Robinson: 2 residents work here (3%)Harrisburg: 3 residents work here (5%)Evansville: 3 residents work here (5%)Morganfield: 3 residents work here (5%)Mountain TownshipIndependence Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Bowlesville TownshipEagle Creek TownshipEquality Township: 5 residents work here (8%)Center TownshipEquality TownshipHarrisburgEvansvilleMorganfieldElizabethtownShawneetownEagle Creek Township
1
Equality Township5.7 mi away
8%5
2
Harrisburg13.6 mi away
5%3
3
Evansville, IN49.1 mi away
5%3
4
Morganfield, KY24.4 mi away
5%3
5
Elizabethtown13.7 mi away
3%2
6
Shawneetown8.9 mi away
3%2
7
Ridgway11 mi away
3%2
8
Equality6.2 mi away
3%2
9
Robinson99.3 mi away
3%2
10
Independence Township12.1 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%40
The top trips

Where Eagle Creek Township clocks in

8% of workers
5.7 mi awayEquality Township5 Eagle Creek Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
13.6 mi awayHarrisburg3 Eagle Creek Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
49.1 mi awayEvansville, IN3 Eagle Creek Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Eagle Creek Township

Jobs based in Eagle Creek TownshipJobs Eagle Creek Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%30%
Trade, transport & utilities0%9%
Services: health, schools, offices0%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%27%
Over $3,333 a month50%53%

Who does it

29 or younger0%18%
30 to 5450%53%
55 and older50%29%

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 Eagle Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Eagle Creek Township

Working from home
48%

of Eagle Creek Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 5 in 10
How Eagle Creek Township gets to work
67%Drive alone
33%Carpool

Share of the 15 commuters (the 48% 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

How far Eagle Creek Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEquality Township: 8% · 5.7 miHarrisburg: 5% · 13.6 miEvansville: 5% · 49.1 miMorganfield: 5% · 24.4 miElizabethtown: 3% · 13.7 miShawneetown: 3% · 8.9 miRidgway: 3% · 11 miEquality: 3% · 6.2 miRobinson: 3% · 99.3 miIndependence Township: 3% · 12.1 miEquality Township 8%Harrisburg 5%Evansville 5%Morganfield 5%Elizabethtown 3%Eagle Creek Township
Eagle Creek TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi12 residents
27%10–24 mi17 residents
26%25–50 mi16 residents
27%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

Next door to Eagle Creek Township

Mountain Township: few work hereBowlesville Township: few work hereEquality Township: 8% of workers work hereMountain TownshipBowlesville TownshipEquality TownshipEagle Creek Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Mountain Townshipunder 4% of Eagle Creek TownshipBowlesville Townshipunder 4% of Eagle Creek TownshipEquality Township8% of Eagle Creek Township works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownEagle Creek Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Eagle Creek Township–———$86,154
Mountain Townshipunder 4%——39 min—
Bowlesville Townshipunder 4%————
Equality Township8%——23 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Mountain Township, Bowlesville Township and Equality Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Equality Township. Darker towns draw more of Eagle Creek Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Eagle Creek Township: questions

What is the median household income in Eagle Creek Township?

$86,154 (±$9,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Eagle Creek Township?

4.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Eagle Creek Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Equality Township (8%, 6 mi), Harrisburg (5%, 14 mi), Evansville (5%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Eagle Creek 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 Eagle Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Eagle Creek Township

Eagle Creek Township home →
HandbookGetting around Eagle Creek TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in ILShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.