Erienna Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Erienna Township has 526 jobs, against 1,105 working residents. For jobs and income Erienna Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). Only 1% work in Erienna Township; the top destination outside it is Morris (22%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Erienna Township apart on work
Erienna Township and Morris trade workers both ways
Morris is the top workplace for Erienna Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Erienna Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Erienna Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Erienna Township
63% of Erienna Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Erienna Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Erienna Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Erienna Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Erienna Township
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Erienna Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Erienna Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Out of Erienna Township to work: where people go
Where Erienna Township clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
The trip to work from Erienna Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erienna Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 846 commuters (the 9% 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.
What Erienna Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erienna Township, 2013 → 2023: 536 → 526. 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 Erienna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Erienna Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,089 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 510 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Erienna Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Miles to work from Erienna Township
About 20% 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.
In Erienna Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 926 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.6% of Erienna Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Erienna Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Erienna Township is 461st of 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 459 | Spring Prairie WI | 2,109 | $108K | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 460 | Marquette Heights IL | 2,485 | $76K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| 461 | Erienna Township IL | 2,496 | $97K | 3.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A |
| 462 | Andrews AFB MD | 3,130 | $87K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 3% | A |
| 463 | Rivanna VA | 2,211 | $146K | 4.6% | 8.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Erienna Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Erienna Township and its neighbors: 24% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erienna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erienna Township | – | A | B | 20 min | $96,906 |
| Norman Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Wauponsee Township | 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $117,928 |
| Nettle Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Manlius Township | under 2% | C | B | 30 min | $68,967 |
| Morris Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 21 min | $74,458 |
| Morris | 22% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $76,711 |
Same-state neighbors only. Norman Township and Nettle Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morris. Darker towns draw more of Erienna 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 Erienna Township: questions
What is the median household income in Erienna Township?
$96,906 (±$19,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erienna Township?
3.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erienna Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erienna Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris (22%, 6 mi), Chicago (9%, 55 mi), Joliet (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Erienna Township walkable?
Erienna Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Erienna Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erienna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erienna 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.