Elm Grove Township has higher household incomes than 80% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 10.4% of residents, against 11.8% across Illinois. The two grades for Elm Grove Township are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 7% work in Elm Grove Township itself; outside it, Peoria draws the most (20%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Elm Grove Township, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Elm Grove Township
60% of Elm Grove Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Elm Grove Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Elm Grove Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Elm Grove Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Elm Grove Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Elm Grove Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #293 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Elm Grove Township’s grade up ($103,973, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Elm Grove Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The kinds of work in Elm Grove Township
1,936 jobs are based in Elm Grove Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elm Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,274 → 1,936. 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 Elm Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Elm Grove Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,268 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 1,837 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Elm Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Elm Grove Township ends
Where Elm Grove Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Commuting from Elm Grove Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elm Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,285 commuters (the 11% 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 Elm Grove Township commutes less than 13 miles
About 21% 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.
For most of Elm Grove Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elm Grove Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #399 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Elm Grove Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,447 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 30% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 30% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Elm Grove Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Elm Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Elm Grove Township ranks 1,004th of 4,618 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,002 | Marysville Township KS | 2,467 | $103K | 1.6% | 5.7% | 2% | A− |
| 1,003 | Kensington Park FL | 3,916 | $90K | 9.3% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 1,004 | Elm Grove Township IL | 2,938 | $104K | 10.4% | 2.4% | 7% | A− |
| 1,005 | Jackson Township IN | 2,159 | $110K | 6.5% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 1,006 | Litchfield ME | 3,797 | $85K | 4.3% | 2.2% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Elm Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Elm Grove Township and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elm Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove Township | – | A− | B+ | 26 min | $103,973 |
| Cincinnati Township | under 2% | B | C | 24 min | $83,712 |
| Tremont Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 20 min | $93,092 |
| Groveland Township | under 2% | B | C | 20 min | $65,830 |
| Dillon Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Pekin | 14% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $60,790 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dillon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pekin. Darker towns draw more of Elm Grove 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 Elm Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elm Grove Township?
$103,973 (±$22,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elm Grove Township?
10.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elm Grove Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elm Grove Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (20%, 16 mi), Pekin (14%, 5 mi), Morton (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elm Grove Township walkable?
Elm Grove Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elm Grove Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 30% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elm Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elm Grove 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.