Guilford Township has higher household incomes than 86% of U.S. towns
For 36% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Poverty touches 2.7% of residents (Illinois 11.8%). The two grades for Guilford Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Guilford Township: the gist
Guilford Township and Galena trade workers both ways
Galena is the top workplace for Guilford Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Guilford Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Guilford Township
36% of Guilford Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Guilford Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Guilford Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Guilford Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Guilford 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, Guilford Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
18% of working residents work in Galena
Where Guilford Township clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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 long Guilford Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guilford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 35% 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.
How far Guilford Township’s workers travel
About 33% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Guilford Township
On a workday 428 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Guilford Township
478 jobs are based in Guilford Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guilford Township, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 478. 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 Guilford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Guilford Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Guilford Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 699 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). 3.1% of Guilford Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Guilford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Guilford Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 943rd of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 941 | Nederland CO | 1,463 | $123K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 12% | B+ |
| 942 | New Windsor MD | 1,749 | $111K | 10.7% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 943 | Guilford Township IL | 1,519 | $116K | 2.7% | 2.2% | 15% | B+ |
| 944 | Greer Township IN | 1,939 | $111K | 6.0% | 4.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 945 | Lecompton Township KS | 1,689 | $96K | 7.9% | 1.8% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Guilford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Guilford Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Elizabeth Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Guilford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Township | – | B+ | C | 26 min | $115,647 |
| East Galena Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 20 min | $103,008 |
| Thompson Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Elizabeth Township | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Scales Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Council Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Thompson Township, Elizabeth Township, Scales Mound Township and Council Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Guilford 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 Guilford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Guilford Township?
$115,647 (±$9,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guilford Township?
2.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guilford Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guilford Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galena (18%, 8 mi), The Galena Territory (14%, 3 mi), Dubuque (10%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guilford Township walkable?
Guilford Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guilford Township without a car?
2% 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 Guilford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guilford 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.