Households in Jonathan Creek Township have higher incomes than those in 78% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Jonathan Creek Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−). Below the poverty line: 2.1% of residents, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Only 4% work in Jonathan Creek Township; the top destination outside it is Arthur (18%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Jonathan Creek Township apart on work
Why Jonathan Creek Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Jonathan Creek Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Jonathan Creek 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, Jonathan Creek Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
About 20 minutes to work from Jonathan Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jonathan Creek Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 411 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.
Jonathan Creek Township by day and by night
On a workday 458 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Jonathan Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 the trip to work from Jonathan Creek Township ends
Where Jonathan Creek Township clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
94% of the jobs in Jonathan Creek Township make or build things
293 jobs are based in Jonathan Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jonathan Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 293. 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 Jonathan Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Jonathan Creek Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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 Jonathan Creek Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 20.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 463 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). 58.6% of Jonathan Creek Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jonathan Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jonathan Creek Township is 367th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 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% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 365 | Blandford MA | 1,212 | $92K | 5.5% | 0.3% | 2% | A− |
| 366 | Lone Tree IA | 1,332 | $91K | 4.8% | 2.7% | 4% | A− |
| 367 | Jonathan Creek Township IL | 1,033 | $102K | 2.1% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| 368 | Rudolph WI | 1,022 | $89K | 2.6% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 369 | St. Martins MO | 1,242 | $89K | 5.0% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Jonathan Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Jonathan Creek Township
The biggest share goes to East Nelson Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jonathan Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Creek Township | – | A− | B− | 20 min | $102,188 |
| East Nelson Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $104,375 |
| Sullivan Township | under 3% | B | A | 18 min | $68,984 |
| Lowe Township | 3% | C+ | B | 19 min | $85,000 |
| Lovington Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 23 min | $60,476 |
| North Okaw Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Okaw Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jonathan Creek 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 Jonathan Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jonathan Creek Township?
$102,188 (±$17,271) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jonathan Creek Township?
2.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jonathan Creek Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jonathan Creek Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arthur (18%, 5 mi), Sullivan (10%, 6 mi), Bourbon Township (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jonathan Creek Township walkable?
Jonathan Creek Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jonathan Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 59% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jonathan Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jonathan Creek 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.