East Fork Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8 jobs are based in East Fork Township, against 155 working residents. Hardly any work in East Fork Township; the top destination outside it is Centralia (17%, 13 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves East Fork Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 155 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in East Fork Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 the trip to work from East Fork Township ends
Where East Fork Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in East Fork Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Fork Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 8. 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 East Fork Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From East Fork Township, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Fork Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 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.
The commute from East Fork Township, by distance
About 25% 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.
Work in the towns next to East Fork Township
The biggest share goes to Meridian Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Fork Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Fork Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $71,875 |
| Pope Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Carrigan Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Irishtown Township | under 2% | D− | C | 31 min | $51,833 |
| Meridian Township | 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Clement Township | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pope Township, Carrigan Township, Meridian Township and Clement Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Fork 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 East Fork Township: questions
What is the median household income in East Fork Township?
$71,875 (±$49,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Fork Township?
3.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Fork Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Fork Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Centralia (17%, 13 mi), Carlyle (8%, 10 mi), Breese (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Fork 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 East Fork Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Fork 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.