Photo: Darren Green · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Griggsville Township are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Griggsville Township grades D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 20.4% of residents live below the poverty line; Illinois has 11.8%. Home is the office for 8% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Griggsville Township in brief
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Griggsville Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 497 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Griggsville Township
On income, poverty and job access, Griggsville Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Griggsville Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Griggsville 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, Griggsville Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
How many miles Griggsville Township commutes
About 37% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Griggsville Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Griggsville Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 654 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.
Griggsville Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 449 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Griggsville Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.59 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 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Pittsfield
Where Griggsville Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Inside Griggsville Township’s 295 jobs
295 jobs are based in Griggsville Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Griggsville Township, 2014 → 2024: 255 → 295. 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 Griggsville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Griggsville Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Griggsville Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 707 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). 3.2% of Griggsville Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Griggsville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Griggsville Township compares with U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,497 | Edmore MI | 1,274 | $54K | 32.2% | 2.7% | 9% | D− |
| 4,498 | Laverne OK | 1,189 | $61K | 27.3% | 4.8% | 22% | D− |
| 4,499 | Griggsville Township IL | 1,240 | $44K | 20.4% | 3.8% | 10% | D− |
| 4,500 | Liberty Township IN | 1,520 | $54K | 35.0% | 17.7% | 5% | D− |
| 4,501 | Garfield Township MI | 1,187 | $53K | 18.2% | 10.1% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Griggsville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Griggsville Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Griggsville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griggsville Township | – | D− | C+ | 23 min | $43,750 |
| New Salem Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Newburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Flint Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Salem Township, Perry Township and Flint Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Newburg Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Griggsville 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 Griggsville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Griggsville Township?
$43,750 (±$9,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Griggsville Township?
20.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Griggsville Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Griggsville Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsfield (11%, 8 mi), Springfield (11%, 59 mi), Mount Sterling (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Griggsville Township walkable?
Griggsville Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Griggsville 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 Griggsville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Griggsville 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.