Elk Prairie Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 20 jobs are based in Elk Prairie Township, and 314 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Elk Prairie Township for work; outside it, Mount Vernon is the main destination (28%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Elk Prairie Township: the gist
Elk Prairie Township is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Elk Prairie Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elk Prairie Township has about 380 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Elk Prairie Township works in Mount Vernon
89 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Mount Vernon, 10 miles away. That’s 28 times as many as work in Elk Prairie Township itself. The commute map ↓
Few Elk Prairie Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 314 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Elk Prairie Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 311 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Elk Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Elk Prairie Township goes to work
Where Elk Prairie Township clocks in
28% of workers
6% 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.
About 22 minutes each way for Elk Prairie Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elk Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 244 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.
Elk Prairie Township works in goods: 35% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elk Prairie Township, 2014 → 2024: 16 → 20. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elk Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Elk Prairie Township commutes less than 15 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Elk Prairie Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elk Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Prairie Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $51,914 |
| McClellan Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $76,500 |
| Bald Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Spring Garden Township | under 2% | C− | D | 21 min | $65,750 |
| Barren Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bald Hill Township and Barren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elk Prairie 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 2024, 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 Elk Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elk Prairie Township?
$51,914 (±$7,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elk Prairie Township?
15.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elk Prairie Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elk Prairie Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (28%, 10 mi), Dodds Township (10%, 8 mi), Marion (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elk Prairie Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elk Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elk Prairie Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.