Photo: Ron Frazier · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Funks Grove Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Illinois 16%). Employers in Funks Grove Township report 35 jobs for 144 working residents. Hardly any work in Funks Grove Township itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (42%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Funks Grove Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Funks Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 places Funks Grove Township commutes to
Where Funks Grove Township clocks in
42% of workers
21% of workers
5% 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.
In Funks Grove Township, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Funks Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 35. 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 Funks Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Funks Grove Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Funks Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 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.
The commute from Funks Grove Township, by distance
About 19% 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.
Funks Grove Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Funks Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funks Grove Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $104,091 |
| Waynesville Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Dale Township | under 1% | A | D− | 24 min | $132,803 |
| Randolph Township | under 1% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $110,439 |
| Mount Hope Township | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waynesville Township and Mount Hope Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Funks Grove 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 Funks Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Funks Grove Township?
$104,091 (±$15,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Funks Grove Township?
4.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Funks Grove Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Funks Grove Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (42%, 12 mi), Normal (21%, 14 mi), Chicago (5%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Funks Grove 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 Funks Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Funks Grove 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.