Fox Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
144 jobs are based in Fox Township, and 1,008 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Fox Township A; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Fox Township: the gist
A lot of Fox Township works from home
41% of Fox Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Fox Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fox Township is Chicago, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (113) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fox Township is a place people come home to
There are 144 jobs based in Fox Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fox Township has about 810 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Fox Township
On income, poverty and job access, Fox Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fox Township’s grade up (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Fox 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, Fox Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 29 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fox Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 437 commuters (the 41% 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.
Fox Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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 commute in and out of Fox Township
On a workday 995 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Fox Township on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
11% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Fox Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
40% of the jobs in Fox Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fox Township, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 144. 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 Fox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Fox Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fox Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 738 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). 2.2% of Fox Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fox Township ranks: 329th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 327 | Byron WI | 1,679 | $105K | 3.2% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 328 | Lakeside TX | 1,588 | $112K | 8.5% | 2.0% | <1% | A |
| 329 | Fox Township IL | 1,674 | $116K | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| 330 | Hartford Township OH | 1,476 | $131K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 331 | Eldorado WI | 1,399 | $105K | 3.2% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Fox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Fox Township
The biggest share goes to Yorkville (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Township | – | A | C | 29 min | $116,250 |
| Little Rock Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 28 min | $87,011 |
| Kendall Township | 2% | A | C | 31 min | $121,740 |
| Northville Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 43 min | $103,819 |
| Mission Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 38 min | $85,727 |
| Millington | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Big Grove Township | under 2% | A | C | 26 min | $115,156 |
| Sandwich | under 2% | B | B+ | 27 min | $80,768 |
| Yorkville | 7% | A | B | 34 min | $108,513 |
Same-state neighbors only. Millington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fox 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 Fox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fox Township?
$116,250 (±$38,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fox Township?
1.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fox Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 41% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fox Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (11%, 48 mi), Aurora (9%, 18 mi), Yorkville (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fox Township walkable?
Fox Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fox 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 Fox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fox 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.