Pine Grove Community Club · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Edgar Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Edgar Township for work; outside it, Paris is the main destination (22%, 9 miles). There are 53 jobs in Edgar Township, against 165 working residents. Home is the office for 2% 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
Who commutes out of Edgar Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 164 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Edgar 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.
Where Edgar Township’s working residents head each day
Where Edgar Township clocks in
22% of workers
4% 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 Edgar Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgar Township, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 53. 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 Edgar Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgar Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 288 commuters (the 2% 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.
Miles to work from Edgar Township
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.
Edgar Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Paris Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgar Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $111,250 |
| Shiloh Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Paris Township | 4% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Brouilletts Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Hunter Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shiloh Township, Brouilletts Creek Township, Hunter Township and Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Paris Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edgar 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 Edgar Township: questions
What is the median household income in Edgar Township?
$111,250 (±$24,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgar Township?
12.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgar Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgar Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paris (22%, 9 mi), Chrisman (8%, 5 mi), Champaign (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edgar 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 Edgar Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgar 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.