Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery · Photo: Sa magnuson33 · CC BY-SA 3.0Houston Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 1% stay in Houston Township for work; outside it, Quincy is the main destination (19%, 22 miles). The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). There are 90 jobs in Houston Township; 90 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Houston Township
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 89 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 (1.00 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.
Where Houston Township goes to work
Where Houston Township clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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.
In Houston Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Houston Township, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 90. 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 Houston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Houston Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Houston Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 10% 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 Houston 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.
How Houston Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Camp Point Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Houston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Township | – | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Chili Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Keene Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Northeast Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Camp Point Township | 4% | C | A | 20 min | $66,182 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chili Township and Keene Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Northeast Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Houston 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 Houston Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Houston Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Houston Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Houston Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (19%, 22 mi), Camp Point (9%, 8 mi), Mount Sterling (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Houston Township without a car?
0% 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 Houston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Houston 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.