Hickory Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
0% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). 16 jobs are based in Hickory Township, against 38 working residents. Only 3% work in Hickory Township; the top destination outside it is Rushville (21%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Hickory Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Hickory Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where people from Hickory Township work
Where Hickory Township clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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 Township makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hickory Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 16. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hickory Township: about 38 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hickory Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 0% 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 distance from Hickory Township to work
About 24% 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 towns around Hickory Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hickory Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Township | – | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Bath Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Lynchburg Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Woodland Township | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Browning Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Kerton Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bath Township, Lynchburg Township, Woodland Township, Browning Township and Kerton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hickory 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 Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hickory Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hickory Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hickory Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rushville (21%, 16 mi), Mount Sterling (13%, 29 mi), Beardstown (13%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hickory Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hickory Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hickory 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.