Quincy draws more than half of Gilmer Township’s working residents
Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. For jobs and income Gilmer Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Hardly any work in Gilmer Township itself; outside it, Quincy draws the most (51%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Gilmer Township apart
More than half of Gilmer Township works in Quincy
306 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Quincy, 9.4 miles away. That’s far more as work in Gilmer Township itself. The commute map ↓
Gilmer Township is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Gilmer Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gilmer Township has about 620 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 602 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Gilmer Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Gilmer Township’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Gilmer Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gilmer Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
Where people from Gilmer Township work
Where Gilmer Township clocks in
51% of workers
3% 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.
Gilmer Township by day and by night
On a workday 599 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Gilmer Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Gilmer Township works in goods: 60% of its jobs
92 jobs are based in Gilmer Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilmer Township, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 92. 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 Gilmer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Gilmer Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilmer Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 480 commuters (the 7% 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 Gilmer Township, by distance
About 22% 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.
Getting around Gilmer Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gilmer Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Gilmer Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 518 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). 3.1% of Gilmer Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gilmer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Gilmer Township comes 591st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 589 | Gibson WI | 1,338 | $81K | 6.1% | 2.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 590 | Oxford Township IL | 1,122 | $75K | 1.6% | 2.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 591 | Gilmer Township IL | 1,126 | $85K | 2.0% | 2.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 592 | Patterson Township OH | 1,422 | $101K | 5.2% | 0.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 593 | Rock Spring GA | 1,183 | $118K | 6.7% | 11.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gilmer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
10% of Gilmer Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gilmer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer Township | – | B+ | D− | 28 min | $84,662 |
| Ellington Township | 10% | A | D− | 15 min | $105,901 |
| Burton Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Columbus Township | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Honey Creek Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Burton Township, Columbus Township and Honey Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ellington Township. Darker towns draw more of Gilmer 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 Gilmer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gilmer Township?
$84,662 (±$7,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilmer Township?
2.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilmer Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilmer Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (51%, 9 mi), Ellington Township (10%, 5 mi), Springfield (3%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gilmer Township walkable?
Gilmer Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gilmer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gilmer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilmer 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.