Harwood Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
There are 140 jobs in Harwood Township; 253 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Harwood Township itself; outside it, Champaign draws the most (21%, 20 miles). The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Harwood Township, in brief
The kinds of work in Harwood Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harwood Township, 2014 → 2024: 530 → 140. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Harwood Township
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Harwood Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Harwood Township goes to work
Where Harwood Township clocks in
21% of workers
13% 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.
Getting to work from Harwood Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harwood Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 210 commuters (the 12% 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.
Harwood Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Harwood Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harwood Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $77,411 |
| Ludlow Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 21 min | $55,012 |
| Kerr Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kerr Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harwood 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 2024, 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 Harwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harwood Township?
$77,411 (±$32,021) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harwood Township?
6.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harwood Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harwood Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (21%, 20 mi), Rantoul (21%, 6 mi), Urbana (13%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Harwood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harwood Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.