Most of Grisham Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Grisham Township for work; outside it, Hillsboro is the main destination (12%, 8 miles). Grisham Township has 20 jobs; 169 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grisham Township by day and by night
On a workday 169 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Grisham Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The towns that employ Grisham Township’s residents
Where Grisham Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 65% of the jobs in Grisham Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Grisham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Grisham Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grisham Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 249 commuters (the 3% 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 distance from Grisham Township to work
About 41% 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.
Next door to Grisham Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grisham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grisham Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $82,554 |
| Shoal Creek Township | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $66,938 |
| East Fork Township | under 2% | C− | D | 27 min | $68,250 |
| Hillsboro Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Walshville Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hillsboro Township: not graded. Walshville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grisham 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 Grisham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grisham Township?
$82,554 (±$19,299) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grisham Township?
15.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grisham Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grisham Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (12%, 8 mi), Greenville (9%, 14 mi), Springfield (6%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grisham 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 Grisham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grisham 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.