Kingston Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Kingston Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. Kingston Township has 422 jobs; 1,578 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Kingston Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kingston Township and work: the main findings
Kingston Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Kingston Township is a place people come home to
There are 422 jobs based in Kingston Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kingston Township has about 2,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Kingston Township
The poverty rate holds Kingston Township’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kingston Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Time on the road from Kingston Township: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingston Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,335 commuters (the 13% 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.
Kingston Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,510 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Kingston Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
8% of working residents work in Genoa
Where Kingston Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Kingston Township: what the 422 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingston Township, 2014 → 2024: 443 → 422. 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 Kingston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Kingston Township to work
About 15% 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.
Most of Kingston Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,528 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). 0.0% of Kingston Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kingston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Kingston Township is 1,276th among 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,274 | Amwell Township PA | 3,646 | $78K | 6.6% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,275 | East Franklin Township PA | 3,699 | $98K | 5.7% | 3.6% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,276 | Kingston Township IL | 3,486 | $103K | 3.6% | 7.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,277 | West Point Township IL | 3,095 | $79K | 2.7% | 2.4% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,278 | Jerusalem Township OH | 2,891 | $93K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Kingston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Kingston Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Genoa (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Township | – | B+ | C− | 35 min | $103,286 |
| Genoa Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Genoa | 8% | B | C | 33 min | $82,128 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B− | C | 34 min | $88,431 |
| Spring Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Genoa Township and Spring Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kingston 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 Kingston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kingston Township?
$103,286 (±$11,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingston Township?
3.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingston Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingston Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Genoa (8%, 4 mi), Rockford (8%, 18 mi), DeKalb (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kingston Township walkable?
Kingston Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingston 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 Kingston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingston 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.