With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Edgington Township works elsewhere
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois. 281 jobs are based in Edgington Township; 676 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Edgington Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Edgington Township stands out on work
Income, poverty and work: Edgington Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Edgington Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Edgington Township’s grade up ($85,203, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Edgington Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Edgington Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Edgington Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 580 commuters (the 5% 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.
Edgington Township by day and by night
On a workday 649 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 254 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Edgington Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
16% of working residents work in Rock Island
Where Edgington Township clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Edgington Township: what the 281 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgington Township, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 281. 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 Edgington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Edgington Township
About 22% 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.
Getting around Edgington Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgington Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 610 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). 0.5% of Edgington Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edgington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Edgington Township is 2,556th among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,554 | Dale IN | 1,517 | $62K | 7.6% | 3.0% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,555 | Leetonia OH | 1,769 | $62K | 11.8% | 8.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,556 | Edgington Township IL | 1,403 | $85K | 19.1% | 3.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,557 | Northport ME | 1,640 | $74K | 5.9% | 4.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,558 | Empire Township MI | 1,168 | $95K | 10.3% | 0.7% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Edgington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Edgington Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgington Township | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $85,203 |
| Andalusia Township | under 3% | A | D | 21 min | $93,333 |
| Bowling Township | under 3% | B | D | 22 min | $101,350 |
| Buffalo Prairie Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Perryton Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Blackhawk Township | under 3% | B | B+ | 23 min | $65,414 |
Same-state neighbors only. Buffalo Prairie Township and Perryton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edgington 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 Edgington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Edgington Township?
$85,203 (±$17,894) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgington Township?
19.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgington Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgington Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Island (16%, 10 mi), Davenport (11%, 14 mi), Moline (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgington Township walkable?
Edgington Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgington 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 Edgington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgington 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.