Photo: NatFee · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Kickapoo Township’s working residents commute to Peoria
Jobs & income A−: better than 82% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #215 of 768 in Illinois.
Walkability C: more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns · #642 of 768 in Illinois.
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Kickapoo Township; the top destination outside it is Peoria (47%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Kickapoo Township
Nearly half of Kickapoo Township works in Peoria
1,699 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Peoria, 4.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 16 times as many as work in Kickapoo Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Kickapoo Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Kickapoo Township
65% of Kickapoo Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Kickapoo Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Kickapoo Township residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
What’s behind Kickapoo Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kickapoo Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #215 of 768 in Illinois. Household income is its strongest input ($112,391, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kickapoo Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
47% of working residents work in Peoria
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Kickapoo Township clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kickapoo Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,383 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 2,837 jobs in Kickapoo Township are
2,837 jobs are based in Kickapoo Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kickapoo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kickapoo Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,756 → 2,837. 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.
Half of Kickapoo Township commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 2023.
Kickapoo Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,533 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 2,735 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Kickapoo Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most trips from Kickapoo Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kickapoo Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #642 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% 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 4,089 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 15% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 2.7% of Kickapoo Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kickapoo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kickapoo Township is 723rd of 3,034 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kickapoo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 721 | Ellettsville IN | 6,840 | $90K | 5.9% | 1.3% | 6% | A− |
| 722 | Ellisville MO | 10,315 | $113K | 4.6% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| 723 | Kickapoo Township IL | 8,209 | $112K | 9.4% | 2.6% | 3% | A− |
| 724 | Columbia Township OH | 9,326 | $94K | 7.2% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| 725 | Lawrence Township OH | 5,913 | $81K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,034 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
48% of Kickapoo Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Peoria (47%). Darker towns draw more of Kickapoo Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kickapoo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickapoo Township | – | A− | C | 21 min | $112,391 |
| Peoria City Township | under 2% | C− | A | 18 min | $52,321 |
| Peoria | 47% | C | A | 18 min | $59,410 |
| Limestone Township | 1% | B+ | B | 21 min | $71,380 |
| Rosefield Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $84,821 |
| Radnor Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 19 min | $178,586 |
| Richwoods Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 17 min | $60,099 |
| Medina Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $124,087 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Kickapoo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kickapoo Township?
$112,391 (±$41,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kickapoo Township?
9.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kickapoo Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kickapoo Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (47%, 4 mi), Mossville (5%, 8 mi), East Peoria (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kickapoo Township walkable?
Kickapoo Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kickapoo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kickapoo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kickapoo 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.