Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHennepin Township’s household incomes are higher than in 67% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 5.9% of residents (Illinois 11.8%). Jobs and income earn Hennepin Township B; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in seven work in Hennepin Township itself; outside it, Peru draws the most (7%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hennepin Township, in a few figures
Hennepin Township is where the jobs are
Hennepin Township has 812 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Hennepin Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hennepin Township went from 476 in 2014 to 812 in 2024, +71%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Hennepin Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Hennepin Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 62% of the jobs Hennepin Township residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Hennepin Township. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 519 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hennepin Township
On income, poverty and job access, Hennepin Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hennepin Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Hennepin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hennepin Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How a workday changes Hennepin Township
On a workday 456 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 749 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Hennepin Township on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Hennepin Township makes things: 42% of its jobs are in goods
812 jobs are based in Hennepin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hennepin Township, 2014 → 2024: 476 → 812. 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 Hennepin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Hennepin Township
Where Hennepin Township clocks in
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.
Hennepin Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hennepin Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 688 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.
Where in the region Hennepin Township works
About 31% 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.
Getting around Hennepin Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hennepin Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hennepin 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 780 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). 3.1% of Hennepin Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hennepin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hennepin Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 1,160th of 4,866 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,158 | Camden Township OH | 1,513 | $60K | 4.7% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,159 | New Market TN | 1,431 | $72K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,160 | Hennepin Township IL | 1,236 | $89K | 5.9% | 3.8% | 12% | B |
| 1,161 | Harrison Township OH | 1,262 | $68K | 4.8% | 17.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,162 | Thorntown IN | 1,426 | $74K | 8.5% | 1.4% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Hennepin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Hennepin Township
The biggest share goes to Hennepin (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hennepin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin Township | – | B | B− | 30 min | $89,306 |
| Senachwine Township | under 3% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Leepertown Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Hennepin | 6% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Granville Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 23 min | $70,709 |
| Magnolia Township | under 3% | B− | D | 30 min | $85,625 |
| Henry Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Senachwine Township, Leepertown Township and Hennepin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Henry Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hennepin 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 Hennepin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hennepin Township?
$89,306 (±$15,236) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hennepin Township?
5.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hennepin Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hennepin Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (7%, 13 mi), Hennepin (6%, 2 mi), Peoria (6%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hennepin Township walkable?
Hennepin Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hennepin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hennepin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hennepin 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. 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.