With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Felix Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Felix Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Employers in Felix Township report 341 jobs; 2,161 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Felix Township; the top destination outside it is Chicago (10%, 48 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Felix Township apart on work
Felix Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Felix Township is Chicago, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (215) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Felix Township is a place people come home to
There are 341 jobs based in Felix Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Felix Township has about 2,700 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Felix Township
63% of Felix Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Felix Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
Where Felix Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Felix Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #557 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Felix Township’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Felix Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The distance from Felix Township to work
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Felix Township
On a workday 2,108 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Felix Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The kinds of work in Felix Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Felix Township, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 341. 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 Felix Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Felix Township: the destinations
Where Felix Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Felix Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Felix Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,730 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.
Getting around Felix Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Felix Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #619 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of 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 1,937 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 Felix Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Felix Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, Felix Township ranks 2,360th of 3,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,358 | Montgomery NY | 3,757 | $90K | 17.4% | 6.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,359 | Berlin WI | 5,588 | $59K | 16.0% | 2.3% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,360 | Felix Township IL | 4,531 | $71K | 8.6% | 7.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,361 | Coarsegold CA | 3,967 | $81K | 6.2% | 4.9% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,362 | Sulphur OK | 4,878 | $67K | 15.5% | 1.5% | 24% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Felix Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Felix Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Felix Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Township | – | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $70,843 |
| Goose Lake Township | 2% | A+ | D− | 34 min | $116,648 |
| Wilmington Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wilmington Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Goose Lake Township. Darker towns draw more of Felix 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 Felix Township: questions
What is the median household income in Felix Township?
$70,843 (±$12,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Felix Township?
8.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Felix Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Felix Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 48 mi), Coal City (9%, 2 mi), Joliet (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Felix Township walkable?
Felix Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Felix 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 Felix Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Felix 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.