Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Hebron Township works elsewhere
Hebron Township has 517 jobs; 1,300 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Hebron Township are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hebron Township and work: the main findings
Hebron Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hebron Township is Chicago, 57 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (103) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hebron Township makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Hebron Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hebron Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Hebron Township empties out on a workday
About 1,600 people are in Hebron Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 2,300 who live here: 1,200 head out to work and 420 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hebron Township
Household income is its strongest input ($106,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hebron Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
How far Hebron Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
Goods jobs make up 55% of work in Hebron Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebron Township, 2013 → 2023: 670 → 517. 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 Hebron Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Hebron Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,206 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Hebron Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Hebron Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
About 28 minutes to work from Hebron Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hebron Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,035 commuters (the 20% 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 commute in Hebron Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hebron Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hebron 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 1,286 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). 1.7% of Hebron Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hebron Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hebron Township next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200: 763rd of 5,552 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 761 | Pine Ridge SC | 2,346 | $95K | 7.3% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| 762 | Millwood WA | 1,825 | $83K | 9.5% | 0.7% | 2% | A− |
| 763 | Hebron Township IL | 2,338 | $106K | 6.2% | 3.3% | 7% | A− |
| 764 | Harlem Township IL | 1,949 | $95K | 6.1% | 0.4% | 2% | A− |
| 765 | Washington Township OH | 2,264 | $86K | 6.2% | 1.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hebron Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Hebron Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Greenwood Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hebron Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron Township | – | A− | C− | 28 min | $106,250 |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | B | B− | 33 min | $95,789 |
| Greenwood Township | 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $98,214 |
| Alden Township | under 2% | B | D | 31 min | $102,710 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hebron 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 Hebron Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hebron Township?
$106,250 (±$20,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebron Township?
6.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hebron Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hebron Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (8%, 57 mi), Woodstock (7%, 10 mi), Hebron (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hebron Township walkable?
Hebron Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hebron Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hebron Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebron 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.