Hall Township has lower unemployment (3.0%) than 70% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hall Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. Household incomes here are lower than in 56% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hall Township and work: the main findings
Hall Township trades workers with the towns around it
Hall Township has about as many jobs (3,030) as working residents (3,540), but they are mostly different people: 2,932 residents leave for work each day while 2,422 people come in. Only 20% of the jobs in Hall Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hall Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Hall Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Hall Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hall Township went from 1,986 in 2013 to 3,030 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
Few Hall Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Hall Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hall Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #423 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Hall Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($71,296, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hall Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Who commutes out of Hall Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,932 residents head out to work, 608 work right here, and 2,422 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 (0.86 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.
Getting to work from Hall Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hall Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,823 commuters (the 4% 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.
What the 3,030 jobs in Hall Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hall Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,986 → 3,030. 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 Hall Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
16% of working residents work in Peru
Where Hall Township clocks in
16% 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.
Miles to work from Hall Township
About 30% 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.
Few in Hall Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hall Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #653 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Hall 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 3,974 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). 6.4% of Hall Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hall Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hall Township is 1,487th of 3,034 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,485 | Edgerton WI | 6,121 | $72K | 8.6% | 4.1% | 14% | B |
| 1,486 | West Miami FL | 7,125 | $61K | 12.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,487 | Hall Township IL | 8,193 | $71K | 7.1% | 3.0% | 17% | B |
| 1,488 | Rindge NH | 6,502 | $103K | 9.6% | 3.4% | 15% | B |
| 1,489 | Ligonier Township PA | 5,952 | $77K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,034 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hall Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Hall Township and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hall Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Township | – | B | C | 19 min | $71,296 |
| Granville Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 23 min | $70,709 |
| Westfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Selby Township | under 2% | C | D | 25 min | $66,774 |
| Spring Valley | 14% | B | C+ | 19 min | $70,598 |
| Peru Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Leepertown Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Westfield Township and Leepertown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Peru Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spring Valley. Darker towns draw more of Hall 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 Hall Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hall Township?
$71,296 (±$5,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hall Township?
7.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hall Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hall Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (16%, 4 mi), Spring Valley (14%, 3 mi), LaSalle (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hall Township walkable?
Hall Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hall Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hall Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hall 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.