Elba Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
8% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Elba Township has 16 jobs; 114 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Elba Township itself; outside it, Peoria draws the most (11%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Elba Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 114 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Elba Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Elba Township goes to work
Where Elba Township clocks in
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 63% of work in Elba Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elba Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 16. 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 Elba Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Elba Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elba Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Elba Township commutes less than 26 miles
About 30% 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.
How Elba Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Truro Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elba Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elba Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $105,938 |
| Brimfield Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $81,250 |
| Truro Township | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Haw Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Salem Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Truro Township, Haw Creek Township and Salem Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elba 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 Elba Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elba Township?
$105,938 (±$41,581) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elba Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elba Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elba Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (11%, 23 mi), Galesburg (10%, 20 mi), Monmouth (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elba 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 Elba Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elba 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.