Irvington Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. 72 jobs are based in Irvington Township; 524 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Irvington Township are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Irvington Township: the gist
Irvington Township is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Irvington Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Irvington Township has about 700 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Irvington Township averages 27 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (17 to 24 minutes). Next door ↓
Few Irvington Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Irvington Township
On income, poverty and job access, Irvington Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Irvington Township’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Irvington 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, Irvington Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Who works in Irvington Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Irvington 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Irvington Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irvington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 4% 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.
13% of working residents work in Nashville
Where Irvington Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Irvington Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irvington Township, 2014 → 2024: 88 → 72. 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 Irvington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Irvington Township goes to work
About 23% 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 Irvington Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Irvington Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 535 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). 12.4% of Irvington Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Irvington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Irvington Township comes 1,415th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,413 | LaCoste TX | 1,255 | $69K | 13.8% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 1,414 | Darien WI | 1,530 | $63K | 9.6% | 5.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,415 | Irvington Township IL | 1,150 | $72K | 5.5% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| 1,416 | Marion Township IN | 1,425 | $80K | 7.4% | 15.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,417 | Anderson Township IN | 1,599 | $90K | 6.5% | 0.0% | <1% | 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 Irvington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Irvington Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Hoyleton Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Irvington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irvington Township | – | B− | D | 27 min | $72,115 |
| Brookside Township | under 2% | D− | B | 17 min | $44,875 |
| Richview Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hoyleton Township | 2% | B | B | 24 min | $100,000 |
| Wamac | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Centralia Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Beaucoup Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richview Township, Wamac and Beaucoup Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Centralia Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Irvington 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 Irvington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Irvington Township?
$72,115 (±$5,572) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irvington Township?
5.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irvington Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irvington Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (13%, 13 mi), Centralia (11%, 7 mi), Mount Vernon (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Irvington Township walkable?
Irvington Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Irvington Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Irvington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irvington 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.