Photo: NatFee · CC BY-SA 4.0Forest City Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 2% stay in Forest City Township for work; outside it, Manito is the main destination (23%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Illinois has 16%. The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Forest City Township by day and by night
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Forest City Township work
Where Forest City Township clocks in
23% of workers
6% of workers
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.
77% of the jobs in Forest City Township make or build things
56 jobs are based in Forest City Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forest City Township, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 56. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest City Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Forest City Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forest City Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 commuters (the 3% 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 it is to work from Forest City Township
About 46% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Forest City Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Forest City Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest City Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $71,715 |
| Manito Township | under 2% | B | B− | 27 min | $68,942 |
| Quiver Township | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Quiver Township and Sherman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Forest City 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 2024, 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 Forest City Township: questions
What is the median household income in Forest City Township?
$71,715 (±$2,693) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forest City Township?
25.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forest City Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forest City Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manito (23%, 6 mi), Springfield (6%, 39 mi), Havana (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Forest City Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forest City Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forest City Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.