Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0King Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in King Township itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (24%, 26 miles). 10 jobs are based in King Township for 83 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in King Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in King Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where people from King Township work
Where King Township clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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.
What King Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in King Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 10. 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 King Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from King Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of King Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 0% 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 distance from King Township to work
About 22% 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.
King Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | King Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $90,735 |
| Bois D'Arc Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Harvel Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Bear Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Raymond Township | under 3% | C− | B | 22 min | $63,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bois D'Arc Township, Harvel Township and Bear Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of King 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 King Township: questions
What is the median household income in King Township?
$90,735 (±$7,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in King Township?
12.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from King Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in King Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (24%, 26 mi), Taylorville (12%, 13 mi), Decatur (8%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around King Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from King Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of King 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.