Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Henry Township works elsewhere
About one in five stay in Henry Township for work; outside it, Henry is the main destination (15%, 2 miles). Henry Township has 634 jobs, and 1,133 of its residents work somewhere. 9% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Henry Township, in a few figures
Commuting out of Henry Township: the destinations
Where Henry Township clocks in
15% of workers
3% 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.
Who leaves Henry Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 915 residents head out to work, 218 work right here, and 416 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Henry Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
The kinds of work in Henry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henry Township, 2013 → 2023: 728 → 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Henry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Henry Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,000 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far Henry Township’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Henry Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $64,948 |
| Hopewell Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Magnolia Township | under 2% | B− | D | 30 min | $85,625 |
| Senachwine Township | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Whitefield Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Henry | 15% | C+ | B+ | 29 min | $65,577 |
| Hennepin Township | 2% | B | B− | 30 min | $89,306 |
| Steuben Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $66,477 |
| Lacon Township | under 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $69,340 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hopewell Township, Senachwine Township and Whitefield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Henry. Darker towns draw more of Henry 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 Henry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Henry Township?
$64,948 (±$14,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henry Township?
14.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henry Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henry Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Henry (15%, 2 mi), Peoria (12%, 28 mi), Princeton (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Henry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henry 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.