Walnut Grove Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainKnox Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Knox Township report 764 jobs for 2,079 working residents. For jobs and income Knox Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). 6% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Knox Township: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Knox Township works one town over
43% of working residents work in a town that borders Knox Township: Galesburg (35%) and Knoxville (8%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Knox 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 ↓
Knox Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Knox Township went from 559 in 2013 to 764 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Knox Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Knox Township’s grade up ($82,353, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Knox Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily trip from Knox Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knox Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,067 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.
The kinds of work in Knox Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knox Township, 2013 → 2023: 559 → 764. 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 Knox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Knox Township by day
On a workday 1,883 residents head out to work, 196 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Knox Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
35% of working residents work in Galesburg
Where Knox Township clocks in
35% of workers
8% 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.
Half of Knox Township commutes less than 20 miles
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 Knox Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,199 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). 4.0% of Knox Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Knox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Knox Township next to U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,500: 2,293rd of 3,946 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,291 | Baldwin GA | 4,240 | $59K | 20.2% | 0.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,292 | Clementon NJ | 5,744 | $63K | 10.8% | 7.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,293 | Knox Township IL | 4,785 | $82K | 11.3% | 4.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,294 | Sheldon IA | 5,575 | $62K | 15.3% | 0.6% | 40% | B− |
| 2,295 | Cedarville OH | 4,667 | $64K | 23.5% | 10.4% | 25% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,946 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Knox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
43% of Knox Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Galesburg (35%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Township | – | B− | C− | 21 min | $82,353 |
| Galesburg | 35% | C− | A− | 17 min | $48,297 |
| Galesburg City Township | under 1% | C− | A− | 17 min | $48,297 |
| Galesburg Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Persifer Township | under 1% | B− | D− | 27 min | $73,906 |
| East Galesburg | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Orange Township | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Knoxville | 8% | B− | C− | 21 min | $82,863 |
| Sparta Township | under 1% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $69,028 |
| Copley Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Galesburg Township, East Galesburg, Orange Township and Copley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Knox 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 Knox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Knox Township?
$82,353 (±$15,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knox Township?
11.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knox Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knox Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galesburg (35%, 6 mi), Peoria (9%, 36 mi), Knoxville (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Knox Township walkable?
Knox Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knox Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Knox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knox 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.