Jasper Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
135 jobs are based in Jasper Township; 742 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Jasper Township D; getting around on foot earns it C−. 6% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jasper Township at work: what stands out
Jasper Township and Fairfield trade workers both ways
Fairfield is the top workplace for Jasper Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Jasper Township come from (45% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Jasper Township is a place people come home to
There are 135 jobs based in Jasper Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jasper Township has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Jasper Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 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 742 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Jasper Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jasper Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Jasper Township’s grade up ($63,864, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Jasper 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, Jasper Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
29% of working residents work in Fairfield
Where Jasper Township clocks in
29% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in Jasper Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 722 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Jasper Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Jasper Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jasper Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 793 commuters (the 6% 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.
Most jobs in Jasper Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jasper Township, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 135. 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 Jasper Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Jasper Township works
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.
The commute in Jasper Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jasper Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 846 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). 7.3% of Jasper Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jasper Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,614th of 5,760: where Jasper Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 4,612 | Bangor MI | 1,965 | $50K | 19.9% | 7.6% | 10% | D |
| 4,613 | Ortonville MN | 1,967 | $56K | 12.1% | 2.1% | 43% | D |
| 4,614 | Jasper Township IL | 1,723 | $64K | 15.3% | 2.7% | 3% | D |
| 4,615 | Speaker Township MI | 1,330 | $54K | 11.1% | 12.2% | 2% | D |
| 4,616 | Lisbon ND | 2,184 | $64K | 15.4% | 3.5% | 34% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Jasper Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Jasper Township
The biggest share goes to Grover Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jasper Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Township | – | D | C− | 19 min | $63,864 |
| Grover Township | 2% | C | B | 17 min | $42,267 |
| Massilon Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Elm River Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lamard Township | under 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $69,471 |
Same-state neighbors only. Massilon Township and Elm River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jasper 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 Jasper Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jasper Township?
$63,864 (±$12,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jasper Township?
15.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jasper Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jasper Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairfield (29%, 5 mi), Albion (7%, 14 mi), Mount Vernon (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jasper Township walkable?
Jasper Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jasper Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jasper Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jasper 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.