With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Gridley Township works elsewhere
386 jobs are based in Gridley Township; 868 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Gridley Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 3% stay in Gridley Township for work; outside it, Bloomington is the main destination (33%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gridley Township, in a few figures
One in three of Gridley Township works in Bloomington
286 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Bloomington, 17 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Gridley Township itself. The commute map ↓
Gridley Township makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Gridley Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Gridley Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
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 868 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Gridley Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Gridley Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Gridley Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($63,148, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Gridley 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, Gridley Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Commuting out of Gridley Township: the destinations
Where Gridley Township clocks in
33% of workers
18% of workers
4% 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.
Gridley Township works in goods: 53% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gridley Township, 2013 → 2023: 479 → 386. 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 Gridley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Gridley Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 839 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Gridley 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.
From Gridley Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gridley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 688 commuters (the 12% 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 Gridley 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.
Most trips from Gridley Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gridley Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Gridley 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 783 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Gridley Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gridley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Gridley Township ranks 2,183rd of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,181 | Parchment MI | 1,887 | $73K | 6.6% | 8.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,182 | Salem SD | 1,357 | $75K | 5.6% | 0.8% | 17% | B− |
| 2,183 | Gridley Township IL | 1,845 | $63K | 4.6% | 2.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,184 | York Township IN | 1,538 | $81K | 11.6% | 1.8% | <1% | B− |
| 2,185 | Conesus NY | 2,323 | $80K | 7.0% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Gridley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Gridley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gridley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gridley Township | – | B− | C− | 24 min | $63,148 |
| El Paso Township | under 1% | B | B | 25 min | $82,740 |
| Chenoa Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Waldo Township | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Hudson Township | under 1% | A+ | D | 26 min | $113,897 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chenoa Township: not graded. Waldo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gridley 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 Gridley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gridley Township?
$63,148 (±$11,317) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gridley Township?
4.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gridley Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gridley Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (33%, 17 mi), Normal (18%, 15 mi), El Paso (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gridley Township walkable?
Gridley Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gridley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gridley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gridley 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.