Ewing Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 186 jobs in Ewing Township for 505 working residents. The two grades for Ewing Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Ewing Township
On income, poverty and job access, Ewing Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Ewing Township’s grade up ($74,073, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Ewing 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, Ewing Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Ewing Township
On a workday 496 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Ewing Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
15% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Ewing Township clocks in
15% of workers
13% 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.
Jobs in Ewing Township: what the 186 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ewing Township, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 186. 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 Ewing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Ewing Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ewing Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 860 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far Ewing Township goes to work
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.
In Ewing Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ewing Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ewing 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 914 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). 3.5% of Ewing Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ewing Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ewing Township places 3,068th of 5,400 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 31 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 3,066 | Liberty Township PA | 1,395 | $65K | 8.8% | 3.3% | 6% | C |
| 3,067 | Olivet MI | 1,525 | $55K | 14.6% | 12.8% | 8% | C |
| 3,068 | Ewing Township IL | 1,310 | $74K | 14.3% | 4.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,069 | Bridgewater NH | 1,185 | $82K | 11.9% | 3.6% | 5% | C |
| 3,070 | North Norwich NY | 1,645 | $78K | 12.3% | 3.1% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Ewing Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Ewing Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Benton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ewing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing Township | – | C | C− | 25 min | $74,073 |
| Barren Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Benton Township | 3% | C− | B | 24 min | $55,610 |
| Spring Garden Township | under 2% | C− | D | 21 min | $65,750 |
| Northern Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Barren Township and Northern Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ewing 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 Ewing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ewing Township?
$74,073 (±$11,208) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ewing Township?
14.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ewing Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ewing Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (15%, 16 mi), Benton (13%, 5 mi), Marion (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ewing Township walkable?
Ewing Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ewing Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ewing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ewing 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.