Edford Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
22 jobs are based in Edford Township for 312 working residents. Hardly any work in Edford Township itself; outside it, Geneseo draws the most (15%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Edford Township: the figures worth knowing
Edford Township is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Edford Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edford Township has about 340 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Edford Township and Geneseo trade workers both ways
Geneseo is the top workplace for Edford Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Edford Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Edford Township averages 32 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (19 to 25 minutes). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 312 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Edford Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 311 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Edford Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Edford Township goes to work
Where Edford Township clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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 Edford Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edford Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 22. 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 Edford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Edford Township spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 276 commuters (the 3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Edford Township
About 24% 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 Edford Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edford Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $101,125 |
| Hanna Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $110,776 |
| Osco Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Geneseo Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Colona Township | under 3% | A | C | 23 min | $83,769 |
| Colona | under 3% | A | C+ | 23 min | $79,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Osco Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Geneseo Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edford 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 Edford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Edford Township?
$101,125 (±$18,541) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edford Township?
2.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edford 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 Edford Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneseo (15%, 6 mi), Moline (8%, 12 mi), Davenport (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edford 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 Edford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edford 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.