Photo: MattHucke · CC BY-SA 3.0Equality Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
Home is the office for 2% of workers; Illinois has 16%. Only 6% work in Equality Township; the top destination outside it is Harrisburg (9%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Equality Township
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Equality Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Equality Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Equality Township
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.
The trip to work from Equality Township: 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 Equality Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 commuters (the 2% 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.
Equality Township by day and by night
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 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 Equality Township’s working residents head each day
Where Equality Township clocks in
9% 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.
In Equality Township, services account for most jobs
269 jobs are based in Equality Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Equality Township, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 269. 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 Equality Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Equality Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Equality Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equality Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $60,779 |
| North Fork Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Gold Hill Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 21 min | $50,481 |
| Cottage Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Eagle Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| East Eldorado Township | under 3% | D | B− | 23 min | $51,125 |
| Mountain Township | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Fork Township, Cottage Township, Eagle Creek Township and Mountain Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Equality 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 Equality Township: questions
What is the median household income in Equality Township?
$60,779 (±$7,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Equality Township?
14.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Equality Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Equality Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (9%, 13 mi), Shawneetown (6%, 7 mi), Black Township (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Equality Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Equality Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Equality 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.