Irishtown Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 53 jobs in Irishtown Township for 467 working residents. Jobs and income earn Irishtown Township D−; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Irishtown Township is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Irishtown Township in brief
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Irishtown Township
On income, poverty and job access, Irishtown Township is better than 5% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Irishtown Township’s grade.
Unemployment (12.2%) is left out: Irishtown Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Irishtown Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Irishtown Township
On a workday 458 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Irishtown Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
12% of working residents work in Carlyle
Where Irishtown Township clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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 Irishtown Township, 34% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irishtown Township, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 53. 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 Irishtown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Irishtown Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irishtown Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 260 commuters (the 11% 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 Irishtown Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
In Irishtown Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Irishtown Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 292 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). 0.8% of Irishtown Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Irishtown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Irishtown Township sits 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,820 | Diaz AR | 1,200 | $49K | 25.1% | 7.2% | 6% | D− |
| 2,821 | Ordway CO | 1,053 | $55K | 18.6% | 3.5% | 16% | D− |
| 2,822 | Irishtown Township IL | 1,050 | $52K | 19.4% | 12.2% | 2% | D− |
| 2,823 | North Mahoning Township PA | 1,319 | $55K | 20.6% | 4.1% | 3% | D− |
| 2,824 | West Mahoning Township PA | 1,309 | $55K | 30.5% | 4.2% | <1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Irishtown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Irishtown Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Irishtown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irishtown Township | – | D− | C | 31 min | $51,833 |
| Carlyle Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $87,917 |
| Wheatfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Tamalco Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Clement Township | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
| East Fork Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wheatfield Township, Tamalco Township, Clement Township and East Fork Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Irishtown 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 Irishtown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Irishtown Township?
$51,833 (±$8,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irishtown Township?
19.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irishtown Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irishtown Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carlyle (12%, 6 mi), Greenville (7%, 14 mi), Breese (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Irishtown Township walkable?
Irishtown Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Irishtown 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 Irishtown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irishtown 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.