Hollis Township has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 1,439 people commute in to work
1,466 jobs are based in Hollis Township for 814 working residents. Hollis Township grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 7% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hollis Township stands out on work
Hollis Township makes and builds things
87% of the jobs based in Hollis Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hollis Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Hollis Township is where the jobs are
Hollis Township has 1,466 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Hollis Township and Peoria trade workers both ways
Peoria is the top workplace for Hollis Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Hollis Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 814 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Hollis Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Hollis Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hollis Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Hollis Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hollis Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Hollis Township works in goods: 87% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hollis Township, 2013 → 2023: 935 → 1,466. 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 Hollis Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hollis Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 787 residents head out to work and 27 work right here.
About 2,400 people are in Hollis Township on a workday afternoon, 36% more 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 the people who work in Hollis Township live
Where Hollis 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.
Getting to work from Hollis Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hollis Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 706 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Hollis Township
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.
Hollis Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hollis Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hollis 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 758 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.3% of Hollis Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hollis Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hollis Township ranks: 781st of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 37 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 779 | Varnell GA | 2,295 | $86K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 780 | Weston MO | 1,855 | $89K | 5.7% | 2.2% | 9% | A− |
| 781 | Hollis Township IL | 1,789 | $87K | 5.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A− |
| 782 | Roxand Township MI | 1,755 | $96K | 5.3% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 783 | Black Creek Township PA | 1,967 | $90K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Hollis Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Hollis Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pekin (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hollis Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis Township | – | A− | D | 27 min | $87,069 |
| Pekin Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Cincinnati Township | under 3% | B | C | 24 min | $83,712 |
| Pekin | 4% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $60,790 |
| Spring Lake Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $86,685 |
| Limestone Township | 3% | B+ | B | 21 min | $71,380 |
| Timber Township | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $73,730 |
| Kingston Mines | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lake Camelot | under 3% | A | D− | 24 min | $133,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pekin Township: not graded. Kingston Mines: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hollis 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 Hollis Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hollis Township?
$87,069 (±$8,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hollis Township?
5.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hollis Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hollis Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (31%, 12 mi), Bartonville (5%, 4 mi), East Peoria (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hollis Township walkable?
Hollis Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hollis Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hollis Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hollis 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.