Earl Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
4% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). Earl Township has 324 jobs, against 955 working residents. For jobs and income Earl Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Earl Township at work: what stands out
Income, poverty and work: Earl Township’s grade explained
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Earl Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Earl Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Where in the region Earl Township works
About 31% 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.
A workday in Earl Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 878 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Earl Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
9% of working residents work in Ottawa
Where Earl Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
In Earl Township, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Earl Township, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 324. 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 Earl Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Earl Township spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Earl Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,154 commuters (the 4% 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.
In Earl Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,208 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). 5.5% of Earl Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Earl Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Earl Township ranks: 3,594th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,592 | Belmont MS | 1,820 | $47K | 16.6% | 1.7% | 18% | C |
| 3,593 | Monterey TN | 2,827 | $46K | 29.9% | 2.2% | 14% | C |
| 3,594 | Earl Township IL | 2,425 | $68K | 14.9% | 5.2% | 8% | C |
| 3,595 | Algansee Township MI | 2,047 | $78K | 26.9% | 3.6% | <1% | C |
| 3,596 | Bradford Township PA | 2,796 | $56K | 12.8% | 4.3% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Earl Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Earl Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Earl Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Township | – | C | B− | 31 min | $68,277 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Meriden Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Paw Paw Township | under 2% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Adams Township | under 2% | C− | C | 46 min | $67,424 |
Same-state neighbors only. Freedom Township, Meriden Township and Paw Paw Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Earl 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 Earl Township: questions
What is the median household income in Earl Township?
$68,277 (±$11,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Earl Township?
14.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Earl Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Earl Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (9%, 17 mi), Earlville (7%, 2 mi), Mendota (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Earl Township walkable?
Earl Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Earl Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Earl Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Earl 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.