Most of Evans Township commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Evans Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−. There are 290 jobs in Evans Township, and 505 of its residents work somewhere. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Evans Township, in a few figures
Evans Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Evans Township is Peoria, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (44) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
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 505 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Evans Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Evans Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Evans Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Evans Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Evans Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
How far Evans Township goes to work
About 31% 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 daily flow of workers through Evans Township
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Evans Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
9% of working residents work in Peoria
Where Evans Township clocks in
4% 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 Evans Township, 55% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evans Township, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 290. 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 Evans Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Evans Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evans Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 643 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.
Most of Evans Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evans Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 674 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). 1.5% of Evans Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Evans Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Evans Township ranks 1,955th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,953 | Rio WI | 1,123 | $68K | 17.6% | 1.1% | 4% | C |
| 1,954 | Casner Township IL | 1,141 | $65K | 10.7% | 5.0% | 3% | C |
| 1,955 | Evans Township IL | 1,148 | $70K | 11.6% | 1.4% | 3% | C |
| 1,956 | Pulteney NY | 1,240 | $69K | 6.8% | 3.8% | 8% | C |
| 1,957 | Sidney IA | 1,051 | $81K | 10.0% | 0.8% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Evans Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Evans Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evans Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Township | – | C | C− | 26 min | $70,202 |
| Osage Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hope Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Roberts Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Bennington Township | under 2% | C | B | 27 min | $70,608 |
Same-state neighbors only. Osage Township, Hope Township and Roberts Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evans 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 Evans Township: questions
What is the median household income in Evans Township?
$70,202 (±$35,259) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evans Township?
11.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evans Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evans Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (9%, 35 mi), Toluca (4%, 5 mi), Ottawa (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Evans Township walkable?
Evans Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evans Township without a car?
0% 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 Evans Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evans 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.