Humboldt Township has higher household incomes than 63% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 9.7% of residents, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Humboldt Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Humboldt Township, in brief
Humboldt Township makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Humboldt Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Humboldt Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Humboldt Township and Mattoon trade workers both ways
Mattoon is the top workplace for Humboldt Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Humboldt Township come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Humboldt Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Humboldt Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Humboldt Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Humboldt Township. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Humboldt Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Humboldt Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Humboldt Township’s grade up ($85,745, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (20.1%) is left out: Humboldt 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, Humboldt Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Humboldt Township makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
520 jobs are based in Humboldt Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Humboldt Township, 2014 → 2024: 207 → 520. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Humboldt Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Mattoon
Where Humboldt Township clocks in
17% of workers
10% 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.
Who works in Humboldt Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 510 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 (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Humboldt Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Humboldt Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 432 commuters (the 2% 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 Humboldt Township
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Humboldt Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Humboldt Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 440 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). 0.4% of Humboldt Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Humboldt Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Humboldt Township ranks: 1,473rd of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,471 | Wellman IA | 1,539 | $58K | 3.6% | 0.6% | 6% | B− |
| 1,472 | Hagaman NY | 1,119 | $63K | 6.6% | 3.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,473 | Humboldt Township IL | 1,187 | $86K | 9.7% | 20.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,474 | Franklin Township OH | 1,174 | $57K | 5.5% | 2.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,475 | Clifton IL | 1,298 | $92K | 11.9% | 1.7% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Humboldt Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns next door employ 23% of Humboldt Township
The biggest share goes to Mattoon (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Humboldt Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Township | – | B− | C+ | 21 min | $85,745 |
| Lafayette Township | 6% | B | C− | 22 min | $69,125 |
| North Okaw Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Arcola Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Seven Hickory Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Mattoon | 17% | D | B | 18 min | $51,597 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Okaw Township and Arcola Township: not graded. Seven Hickory Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Humboldt 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 2024, 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 Humboldt Township: questions
What is the median household income in Humboldt Township?
$85,745 (±$21,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Humboldt Township?
9.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Humboldt Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Humboldt Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mattoon (17%, 8 mi), Charleston (10%, 10 mi), Lafayette Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Humboldt Township walkable?
Humboldt Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Humboldt 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 Humboldt Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Humboldt Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.