Photo: Markkaempfer · CC BY-SA 4.0Grand Tower Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% work in Grand Tower Township; the top destination outside it is Carbondale (19%, 14 miles). There are 66 jobs in Grand Tower Township; 166 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Grand Tower Township
On a workday 162 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Grand Tower 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Grand Tower Township work
Where Grand Tower Township clocks in
19% of workers
13% 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.
Jobs in Grand Tower Township: what the 66 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grand Tower Township, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 66. 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 Grand Tower Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Grand Tower Township, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grand Tower Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 209 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grand Tower Township
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.
Grand Tower Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Pomona Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grand Tower Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Tower Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $36,458 |
| Pomona Township | 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Fountain Bluff Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Sand Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pomona Township, Fountain Bluff Township and Sand Ridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grand Tower 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 Grand Tower Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grand Tower Township?
$36,458 (±$21,162) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grand Tower Township?
32.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grand Tower Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grand Tower Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carbondale (19%, 14 mi), Murphysboro (13%, 11 mi), Marion (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grand Tower Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grand Tower Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grand Tower 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.