There are 1.8 jobs in Hoyleton Township for every working resident, and 847 people commute in
6% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). There are 889 jobs in Hoyleton Township for 496 working residents. For jobs and income Hoyleton Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hoyleton Township and work: the main findings
Hoyleton Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Hoyleton Township’s grade up ($100,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Hoyleton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hoyleton Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who works in Hoyleton Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 454 residents head out to work and 42 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Hoyleton Township on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 daily trip into Hoyleton Township
Where Hoyleton Township clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 Hoyleton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoyleton Township, 2013 → 2023: 763 → 889. 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 Hoyleton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hoyleton Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoyleton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 522 commuters (the 6% 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 it is to work from Hoyleton Township
About 19% 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.
Few in Hoyleton Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 557 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). 1.0% of Hoyleton Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hoyleton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
661st of 3,133: where Hoyleton Township ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 659 | Long Creek IL | 1,212 | $79K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 2% | B |
| 660 | Oskaloosa KS | 1,060 | $84K | 5.7% | 2.2% | 7% | B |
| 661 | Hoyleton Township IL | 1,026 | $100K | 7.0% | 5.5% | 8% | B |
| 662 | Punta Rassa FL | 1,335 | $91K | 8.9% | 8.3% | 4% | B |
| 663 | Barton NM | 1,302 | $82K | 6.6% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Hoyleton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Hoyleton Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hoyleton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyleton Township | – | B | B | 24 min | $100,000 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Beaucoup Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Irvington Township | under 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $72,115 |
| Covington Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Township, Beaucoup Township and Covington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hoyleton 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 Hoyleton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hoyleton Township?
$100,000 (±$26,236) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoyleton Township?
7.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoyleton Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoyleton Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (14%, 8 mi), Centralia (10%, 12 mi), Mount Vernon (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hoyleton Township walkable?
Hoyleton Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoyleton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hoyleton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoyleton 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.