Girard Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 497 jobs in Girard Township; 883 of its residents have a job. Girard Township grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Girard Township apart on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Girard Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Girard Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Girard Township’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Girard Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
30% of working residents work in Springfield
Where Girard Township clocks in
30% 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.
Who leaves Girard Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 784 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Girard Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Girard Township: what the 497 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Girard Township, 2014 → 2024: 571 → 497. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Girard Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Girard Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Girard Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 883 commuters (the 11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Girard Township
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Girard Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Girard Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Girard 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 994 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). 5.9% of Girard Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Girard Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,377th of 5,148: where Girard Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Calvert City KY | 2,510 | $49K | 12.8% | 4.2% | 16% | C |
| 3,376 | Ridgely MD | 1,630 | $62K | 12.8% | 10.8% | 2% | C |
| 3,377 | Girard Township IL | 2,100 | $52K | 26.5% | 1.9% | 11% | C |
| 3,378 | Fremont Township MI | 1,511 | $75K | 13.2% | 4.3% | 5% | C |
| 3,379 | Murphys CA | 1,951 | $74K | 10.0% | 2.1% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Girard Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Girard Township
The biggest share goes to Girard (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Girard Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girard Township | – | C | B+ | 26 min | $52,370 |
| Nilwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Virden Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Girard | 9% | D | A− | 25 min | $50,300 |
| North Otter Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nilwood Township and North Otter Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Virden Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Girard 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 2024, 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 Girard Township: questions
What is the median household income in Girard Township?
$52,370 (±$11,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Girard Township?
26.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Girard Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Girard Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (30%, 24 mi), Girard (9%, 2 mi), Virden (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Girard Township walkable?
Girard Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Girard Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Girard Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Girard Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.