Frederick Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 24 jobs in Frederick Township for 65 working residents. Hardly any stay in Frederick Township for work; outside it, Rushville is the main destination (26%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Frederick Township by day
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Frederick Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where people from Frederick Township work
Where Frederick Township clocks in
26% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Frederick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Frederick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way for Frederick Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frederick Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Frederick Township
About 30% 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 towns around Frederick Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frederick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Township | – | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Browning Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Beardstown Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Rushville Township | under 2% | D | A− | 17 min | $53,993 |
| Bainbridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bluff Springs Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Browning Township, Bainbridge Township and Bluff Springs Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Beardstown Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frederick 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 Frederick Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Frederick Township?
23.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frederick Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frederick Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rushville (26%, 7 mi), Mount Sterling (9%, 19 mi), Beardstown (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Frederick 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 Frederick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frederick 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.