Unemployment in Ganeer Township (8.3%) is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C−: better than 20% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #698 of 768 in Illinois.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns · #557 of 768 in Illinois.
Household incomes here are lower than in 66% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Ganeer Township; the top destination outside it is Momence (13%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ganeer Township
Ganeer Township trades workers with the towns around it
Ganeer Township has about as many jobs (1,437) as working residents (1,455), but they are mostly different people: 1,305 residents leave for work each day while 1,287 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Ganeer Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Ganeer Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Ganeer Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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’s behind Ganeer Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ganeer Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #698 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Ganeer Township’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ganeer Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,305 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 1,287 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ganeer Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,245 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 1,437 jobs in Ganeer Township are
1,437 jobs are based in Ganeer Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ganeer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ganeer Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,200 → 1,437. 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.
13% of working residents work in Momence
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ganeer Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Ganeer Township commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 23% 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.
Most trips from Ganeer Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ganeer Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #557 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,264 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). 6.7% of Ganeer Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ganeer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ganeer Township is 3,751st of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ganeer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,749 | Lake Hamilton FL | 3,007 | $60K | 26.9% | 1.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,750 | New Town ND | 2,715 | $53K | 24.0% | 1.9% | 21% | C− |
| 3,751 | Ganeer Township IL | 3,161 | $65K | 18.8% | 8.3% | 10% | C− |
| 3,752 | Lee Township MI | 4,075 | $54K | 28.1% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| 3,753 | Parma Township MI | 2,670 | $74K | 16.0% | 15.9% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Ganeer Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Momence Township (5%). Darker towns draw more of Ganeer Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ganeer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganeer Township | – | C− | B− | 25 min | $65,208 |
| Aroma Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $74,740 |
| Bourbonnais Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 23 min | $76,228 |
| Momence Township | 5% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| St. Anne Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 27 min | $90,000 |
| Sumner Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Pembroke Township | under 2% | D | D | 36 min | $32,153 |
Same-state neighbors only. Momence Township: not graded. Sumner Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Ganeer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ganeer Township?
$65,208 (±$18,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ganeer Township?
18.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ganeer Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ganeer Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Momence (13%, 2 mi), Kankakee (11%, 9 mi), Chicago (8%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ganeer Township walkable?
Ganeer Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ganeer Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ganeer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ganeer 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.