With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lagrange Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Lagrange Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 57 jobs in Lagrange Township, against 439 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lagrange Township and work: the main findings
Lagrange Township and Greenville trade workers both ways
Greenville is the top workplace for Lagrange Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Lagrange Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lagrange Township is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Lagrange Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lagrange Township has about 700 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Lagrange Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 439 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Lagrange Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Lagrange Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lagrange Township’s grade up ($121,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Lagrange Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lagrange Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
29% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Lagrange Township clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
Lagrange Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 434 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Lagrange Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Commuting from Lagrange Township: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lagrange Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 307 commuters (the 19% 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 Lagrange Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lagrange Township, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 57. 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 Lagrange Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lagrange Township to work
About 28% 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.
Few in Lagrange Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lagrange Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 378 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 Lagrange Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lagrange Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lagrange Township ranks: 663rd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 661 | Railroad Township IN | 1,219 | $90K | 1.8% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 662 | Northwest Township OH | 1,100 | $105K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 663 | Lagrange Township IL | 1,081 | $121K | 5.0% | 2.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 664 | Highland Township PA | 1,281 | $97K | 8.8% | 6.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 665 | Easton WI | 1,160 | $105K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Lagrange Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Lagrange Township
The biggest share goes to Mulberry Grove Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lagrange Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrange Township | – | B+ | C− | 20 min | $121,250 |
| Mulberry Grove Township | 5% | D | C+ | 21 min | $56,901 |
| Shoal Creek Township | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $66,938 |
| Central Township | under 2% | C | A− | 21 min | $65,676 |
| East Fork Township | under 2% | C− | D | 27 min | $68,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lagrange 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 Lagrange Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lagrange Township?
$121,250 (±$36,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lagrange Township?
5.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lagrange Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lagrange Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (29%, 6 mi), Vandalia (5%, 17 mi), Mulberry Grove Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lagrange Township walkable?
Lagrange Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lagrange 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 Lagrange Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lagrange 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.