Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Illiopolis Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
7% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. 177 jobs are based in Illiopolis Township for 542 working residents. Illiopolis Township grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Illiopolis Township apart on work
41% of Illiopolis Township works in Springfield
221 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Springfield, 21 miles away. That’s 41 times as many as work in Illiopolis Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Illiopolis Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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 542 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Illiopolis Township
On income, poverty and job access, Illiopolis Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Illiopolis Township’s grade up (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Illiopolis 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, Illiopolis Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
41% of working residents work in Springfield
Where Illiopolis Township clocks in
41% 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 trip to work from Illiopolis Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Illiopolis Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 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.
Who works in Illiopolis Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 537 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Illiopolis Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Goods, not services: 60% of the jobs in Illiopolis Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Illiopolis Township, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 177. 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 Illiopolis Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Illiopolis 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Illiopolis Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Illiopolis Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 610 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). 0.8% of Illiopolis Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Illiopolis Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Illiopolis Township is 982nd among 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 980 | Tripoli IA | 1,208 | $78K | 3.3% | 3.1% | 7% | B |
| 981 | Loda Township IL | 1,388 | $94K | 5.0% | 1.4% | 3% | B |
| 982 | Illiopolis Township IL | 1,198 | $83K | 6.8% | 4.1% | 1% | B |
| 983 | Veale Township IN | 1,140 | $93K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 984 | Moncure NC | 1,039 | $54K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Illiopolis Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Illiopolis Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Illiopolis Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illiopolis Township | – | B | B− | 22 min | $83,000 |
| Mosquito Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Mount Auburn Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Lanesville Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Niantic Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lake Fork Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mosquito Township, Mount Auburn Township, Lanesville Township, Niantic Township and Lake Fork Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Illiopolis 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 Illiopolis Township: questions
What is the median household income in Illiopolis Township?
$83,000 (±$21,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Illiopolis Township?
6.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Illiopolis Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Illiopolis Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (41%, 21 mi), Decatur (9%, 17 mi), Riverton (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Illiopolis Township walkable?
Illiopolis Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Illiopolis 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 Illiopolis Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Illiopolis 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.