Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Hensley Township’s family incomes are higher than in 69% of U.S. towns
Without college students, the poverty rate is 4.9%, next to 11.3% for Illinois as a whole. The two grades for Hensley Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 1% work in Hensley Township; the top destination outside it is Champaign (37%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hensley Township at work: what stands out
A lot of Hensley Township works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders Hensley Township: Champaign (37%), Champaign Township (4%) and Mahomet (3%). Next door ↓
Most Hensley Township residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Hensley Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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 435 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hensley Township
On family income, poverty and job access, Hensley Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on family income and job access by car.
18% of Hensley Township’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (18% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 4.9%, against 3.8% for all residents. Unemployment (0.0%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($108,838), since student households pull the household median down ($108,081).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Hensley Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Hensley Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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.
The daily trip from Hensley Township: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hensley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 315 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.
Hensley Township by day and by night
On a workday 430 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 470 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 (1.09 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.
Commuting out of Hensley Township: the destinations
Where Hensley Township clocks in
37% of workers
18% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Hensley Township
475 jobs are based in Hensley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hensley Township, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 475. 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 Hensley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Hensley Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hensley Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 356 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 43% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 0.0% of Hensley Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hensley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hensley Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 245th of 3,133 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| 20 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 243 | Barre WI | 1,262 | $106K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 1% | A− |
| 244 | Riverside IA | 1,086 | $84K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 8% | A− |
| 245 | Hensley Township IL | 1,006 | $108K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 246 | Farmersville OH | 1,006 | $80K | 3.6% | 5.6% | 1% | A− |
| 247 | Watts Township PA | 1,266 | $94K | 3.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hensley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 44% of Hensley Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hensley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hensley Township | – | A− | C+ | 13 min | $108,081 |
| Champaign | 37% | B | A+ | 15 min | $56,118 |
| Champaign City Township | under 2% | B | A+ | 15 min | $56,118 |
| Mahomet Township | under 2% | A | C | 20 min | $115,615 |
| Somer Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Condit Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Champaign Township | 4% | A | A− | 17 min | $100,063 |
| Mahomet | 3% | A | C | 21 min | $118,586 |
Same-state neighbors only. Somer Township and Condit Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Champaign. Darker towns draw more of Hensley 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.
- Students. 18% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hensley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hensley Township?
$108,081 (±$7,312) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hensley Township?
3.8% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 4.9%. Illinois: 11.8%.
How long is the commute from Hensley Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hensley Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (37%, 5 mi), Urbana (18%, 8 mi), Champaign Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hensley Township walkable?
Hensley Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hensley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 43% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hensley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hensley 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.