Hartland Township’s household incomes are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 92% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B: more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 37 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Hartland Township; the top destination outside it is Harvard (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Hartland Township, in brief
Hartland Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Few Hartland Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Hartland Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Hartland Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hartland Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
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 755 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hartland Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hartland Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Hartland 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, Hartland Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartland Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 799 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Hartland Township makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
634 jobs are based in Hartland Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hartland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartland Township, 2013 → 2023: 553 → 634. 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 733 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 612 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 (0.84 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.
9% of working residents work in Harvard
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Hartland Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Hartland Township commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Hartland Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hartland Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% 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 799 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 13% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 2.9% of Hartland Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Hartland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hartland Township is 270th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hartland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 268 | Lattingtown NY | 1,881 | $250K | 6.7% | 3.8% | 2% | A |
| 269 | Clarks Green PA | 1,519 | $114K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 270 | Hartland Township IL | 1,882 | $105K | 1.1% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 271 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| 272 | Green Bay WI | 2,193 | $97K | 2.0% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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.
Hartland Township and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Hartland Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hartland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland Township | – | A | B | 37 min | $104,531 |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $98,214 |
| Alden Township | under 2% | B | D | 31 min | $102,710 |
| Dunham Township | under 2% | B | A | 27 min | $92,697 |
| Seneca Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $133,558 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Hartland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hartland Township?
$104,531 (±$49,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartland Township?
1.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartland Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartland Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harvard (9%, 6 mi), Chicago (8%, 57 mi), Woodstock (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hartland Township walkable?
Hartland Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hartland Township without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hartland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartland 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.