There are 1.8 jobs in Fondulac Township for every working resident, and 9,353 people commute in
Employers in Fondulac Township report 9,979 jobs, and 5,468 of its residents work somewhere. Fondulac Township grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 5.0 in Peoria.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fondulac Township apart on work
Much of Fondulac Township works one town over
51% of working residents work in a town that borders Fondulac Township: Peoria (31%), East Peoria (13%) and Morton (6%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Fondulac Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Fondulac Township fell from 21,365 in 2013 to 9,979 in 2023, −53%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Fondulac Township is where the jobs are
Fondulac Township has 9,979 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Fondulac Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Fondulac Township residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
Inside Fondulac Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fondulac Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #469 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Fondulac Township’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fondulac Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The kinds of work in Fondulac Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fondulac Township, 2013 → 2023: 21,365 → 9,979. 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 Fondulac Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Fondulac Township
On a workday 4,842 residents head out to work and 626 work right here.
About 17,000 people are in Fondulac Township on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 trip to work from Fondulac Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fondulac Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,470 commuters (the 7% 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 Fondulac Township’s workers travel
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.
Where Fondulac Township’s workers come from
Where Fondulac Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Fondulac Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fondulac Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #193 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Fondulac 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 5,866 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 70% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 24% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Fondulac Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Fondulac Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Fondulac Township is 1,207th among 2,151 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 24 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 37 | La Grange IL | 15,935 | $160K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 45 | Winnetka IL | 12,518 | $250K | 1.6% | 3.4% | 7% | A+ |
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| 1,205 | Perrysburg Township OH | 13,783 | $74K | 10.1% | 5.0% | 10% | B |
| 1,206 | West Haverstraw NY | 11,025 | $86K | 17.9% | 4.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,207 | Fondulac Township IL | 12,154 | $74K | 11.5% | 4.4% | 11% | B |
| 1,208 | Jefferson LA | 9,703 | $57K | 16.5% | 2.7% | 9% | B |
| 1,209 | Celina OH | 10,936 | $63K | 11.4% | 1.4% | 26% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,151 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Fondulac Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door is work for 51% of Fondulac Township
The biggest share goes to Peoria (31%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fondulac Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fondulac Township | – | B | A | 21 min | $74,478 |
| Peoria | 31% | C | A | 18 min | $59,410 |
| Peoria City Township | under 2% | C− | A | 18 min | $52,321 |
| Groveland Township | under 2% | B | C | 20 min | $65,830 |
| Washington Township | 1% | A− | B | 20 min | $89,618 |
| Morton | 6% | A− | B | 17 min | $94,402 |
| East Peoria | 13% | B | A− | 21 min | $71,833 |
| Richwoods Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 17 min | $60,099 |
| Spring Bay Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $75,846 |
| Pekin Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pekin Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fondulac 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 Fondulac Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fondulac Township?
$74,478 (±$7,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fondulac Township?
11.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fondulac Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fondulac Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (31%, 5 mi), East Peoria (13%, 2 mi), Morton (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fondulac Township walkable?
Fondulac Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fondulac Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 24% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fondulac Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fondulac 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.