With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of German Township works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 16 jobs are based in German Township, against 134 working residents. Hardly any work in German Township itself; outside it, Olney draws the most (29%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of German Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in German Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 German Township commutes to
Where German Township clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in German Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in German Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 16. 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 German Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from German Township: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of German Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 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.
Half of German Township commutes less than 21 miles
About 27% 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.
German Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | German Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $110,500 |
| Preston Township | under 2% | C− | C | 23 min | $53,941 |
| Ste. Marie Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Claremont Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Petty Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ste. Marie Township, Claremont Township and Petty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of German 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 German Township: questions
What is the median household income in German Township?
$110,500 (±$8,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in German Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from German Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in German Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olney (29%, 8 mi), Flora (5%, 29 mi), Olney Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around German 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 German Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of German 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.