Hurlbut Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hurlbut Township has 28 jobs, against 94 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hurlbut Township for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (26%, 16 miles). For 24% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hurlbut Township on a workday
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Hurlbut 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 Hurlbut Township goes to work
Where Hurlbut Township clocks in
26% of workers
16% 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 Hurlbut Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurlbut Township, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 28. 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 Hurlbut Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hurlbut Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurlbut Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 239 commuters (the 24% 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 commute from Hurlbut Township, by distance
About 29% 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.
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 Hurlbut Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hurlbut Township?
$122,625 (±$52,151) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurlbut Township?
1.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurlbut Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hurlbut Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (26%, 16 mi), Lincoln (16%, 13 mi), West Lincoln Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hurlbut Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hurlbut Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurlbut 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.