More than half of Hickory Point Township’s working residents commute to Decatur
Measured by household income, Hickory Point Township is behind 76% of U.S. towns. Hickory Point Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Hickory Point Township; the top destination outside it is Decatur (51%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hickory Point Township, in brief
Hickory Point Township trades workers with the towns around it
Hickory Point Township has about as many jobs (6,749) as working residents (6,920), but they are mostly different people: 6,139 residents leave for work each day while 5,968 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Hickory Point Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
More than half of Hickory Point Township works in Decatur
3,502 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Decatur, 4.9 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Hickory Point Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Hickory Point Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hickory Point Township
58% of Hickory Point Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Hickory Point Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hickory Point Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hickory Point Township fell from 9,036 in 2013 to 6,749 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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’s behind Hickory Point Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hickory Point Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #550 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Hickory Point Township’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($58,673, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hickory Point Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
In and out of Hickory Point Township on a workday
On a workday 6,139 residents head out to work, 781 work right here, and 5,968 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 (0.98 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.
The towns that employ Hickory Point Township’s residents
Where Hickory Point Township clocks in
5% 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.
Hickory Point Township’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hickory Point Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,738 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.
The 6,749 jobs based in Hickory Point Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hickory Point Township, 2013 → 2023: 9,036 → 6,749. 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 Hickory Point Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Hickory Point Township to work
About 23% 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.
Driving is how Hickory Point Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hickory Point Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #440 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Hickory Point 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 7,415 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). 10.8% of Hickory Point Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hickory Point Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hickory Point Township is 1,474th among 2,103 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 8 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 12 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 1,472 | Menomonie WI | 16,664 | $57K | 17.7% | 5.8% | 41% | C+ |
| 1,473 | Maywood IL | 23,330 | $69K | 15.5% | 7.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,474 | Hickory Point Township IL | 17,474 | $59K | 10.4% | 4.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,475 | Kailua HI | 21,818 | $88K | 14.3% | 4.0% | 17% | C+ |
| 1,476 | Davison Township MI | 20,403 | $65K | 11.7% | 5.3% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Hickory Point Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Hickory Point Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Whitmore Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hickory Point Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Point Township | – | C+ | B | 17 min | $58,673 |
| Decatur Township | under 1% | D | A− | 17 min | $48,870 |
| Maroa Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Whitmore Township | 1% | C | C− | 20 min | $76,607 |
| Illini Township | under 1% | B+ | D | 24 min | $98,594 |
Same-state neighbors only. Maroa Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hickory Point 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 Hickory Point Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hickory Point Township?
$58,673 (±$7,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hickory Point Township?
10.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hickory Point Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hickory Point Township work?
11% work in town.
Is Hickory Point Township walkable?
Hickory Point Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hickory Point Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hickory Point Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hickory Point 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.