Photo: Green254 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Gillespie Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 813 jobs in Gillespie Township for 1,571 working residents. Only 8% work in Gillespie Township itself; outside it, Gillespie draws the most (7%, 3 miles). At 28 minutes each way, commutes from Gillespie Township run about the Illinois average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Gillespie Township: the gist
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Gillespie Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gillespie Township, 2013 → 2023: 965 → 813. 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 Gillespie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Gillespie Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,448 residents head out to work, 123 work right here, and 690 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Gillespie Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 towns that employ Gillespie Township’s residents
Where Gillespie Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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 trip to work from Gillespie Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gillespie Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,403 commuters (the 13% 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 Gillespie Township
About 18% 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.
Around Gillespie Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gillespie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillespie Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $80,833 |
| Dorchester Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 35 min | $68,690 |
| Cahokia Township | under 3% | C− | C | 26 min | $57,132 |
| Hillyard Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Brushy Mound Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Benld | under 3% | C− | B− | 26 min | $47,850 |
| Mount Clare | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Dorchester | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hillyard Township, Brushy Mound Township, Mount Clare and Dorchester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gillespie 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 Gillespie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gillespie Township?
$80,833 (±$11,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gillespie Township?
15.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gillespie Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gillespie Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gillespie (7%, 3 mi), Litchfield (6%, 11 mi), Springfield (6%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gillespie Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gillespie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gillespie 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.