Camp Mather-Camp Logan · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Gold Hill Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Gold Hill Township grades D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 176 jobs are based in Gold Hill Township for 519 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gold Hill Township apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in Gold Hill Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Gold Hill Township fell from 440 in 2013 to 176 in 2023, −60%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Gold Hill Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Gold Hill Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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 519 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Gold Hill Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Gold Hill Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Gold Hill Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Gold Hill 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, Gold Hill Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
In Gold Hill Township, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gold Hill Township, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 176. 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 Gold Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Gold Hill Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gold Hill Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 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.
Who works in Gold Hill Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Gold Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
8% of working residents work in Equality Township
Where Gold Hill Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles Gold Hill Township commutes
About 29% 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.
In Gold Hill Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gold Hill Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Gold Hill 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 493 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). 10.3% of Gold Hill Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gold Hill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Gold Hill Township sits among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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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| 28 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 31 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 36 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 5,023 | Whitmire SC | 1,475 | $38K | 24.3% | 7.4% | 2% | D− |
| 5,024 | Weber City VA | 1,221 | $48K | 20.3% | 0.7% | 4% | D− |
| 5,025 | Gold Hill Township IL | 1,345 | $50K | 18.8% | 3.9% | 8% | D− |
| 5,026 | Rocky Boy West MT | 1,007 | $63K | 36.1% | 9.7% | 12% | D− |
| 5,027 | La Luz NM | 1,797 | $47K | 15.0% | 26.4% | 4% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Gold Hill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Gold Hill Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Equality Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gold Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Hill Township | – | D− | D− | 21 min | $50,481 |
| Shawnee Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Equality Township | 8% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Bowlesville Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Ridgway Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| New Haven Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shawnee Township, Equality Township, Bowlesville Township, Ridgway Township and New Haven Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gold Hill 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 Gold Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gold Hill Township?
$50,481 (±$8,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gold Hill Township?
18.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gold Hill Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gold Hill Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Equality Township (8%, 6 mi), Shawneetown (6%, 2 mi), Harrisburg (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gold Hill Township walkable?
Gold Hill Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gold Hill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gold Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gold Hill 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.