Ellison Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. Employers in Ellison Township report 42 jobs, and 146 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ellison Township itself; outside it, Monmouth draws the most (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ellison Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Ellison Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Ellison Township goes to work
Where Ellison Township clocks in
14% 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 Ellison Township: what the 42 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellison Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 42. 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 Ellison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ellison Township
of Ellison Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 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.
Where in the region Ellison Township works
About 41% 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 Ellison Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellison Township | – | — | — | — | $76,528 |
| Point Pleasant Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Roseville Township | under 2% | C | C | 32 min | $59,141 |
| Media Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Tompkins Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Point Pleasant Township and Media Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Tompkins Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ellison 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 Ellison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ellison Township?
$76,528 (±$33,957) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellison Township?
17.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ellison Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monmouth (14%, 12 mi), Roseville (9%, 4 mi), Macomb (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ellison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellison 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.