Households in Hallock Township have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
3.9% of residents live below the poverty line, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Hallock Township grades A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 26% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hallock Township, in brief
Hallock Township and Peoria trade workers both ways
Peoria is the top workplace for Hallock Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Hallock Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hallock Township is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Hallock Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hallock Township has about 990 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Hallock Township works from home
26% of Hallock Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. 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; with 646 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Hallock Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Hallock Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hallock Township’s grade up ($151,125, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Hallock 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, Hallock Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
33% of working residents work in Peoria
Where Hallock Township clocks in
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.
Hallock Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 640 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Hallock Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.14 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes to work from Hallock Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hallock Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 423 commuters (the 26% 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 93 jobs based in Hallock Township
93 jobs are based in Hallock Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hallock Township, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 93. 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 Hallock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hallock Township’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
In Hallock Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hallock Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hallock 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 573 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). 0.0% of Hallock Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hallock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Hallock Township comes 349th 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+ |
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| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 347 | Paris WI | 1,356 | $107K | 6.7% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| 348 | Marthasville MO | 1,302 | $112K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 2% | A |
| 349 | Hallock Township IL | 1,546 | $151K | 3.9% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| 350 | Zane Township OH | 1,228 | $146K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 2% | A |
| 351 | Monroe Township OH | 1,297 | $110K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Hallock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Hallock Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hallock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallock Township | – | A | D− | 23 min | $151,125 |
| Medina Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $124,087 |
| La Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Chillicothe Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 21 min | $69,036 |
| Akron Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. La Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Akron Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hallock 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 Hallock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hallock Township?
$151,125 (±$36,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hallock Township?
3.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hallock Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hallock Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (33%, 12 mi), Mossville (7%, 8 mi), Chillicothe (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hallock Township walkable?
Hallock Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hallock Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hallock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hallock 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.