Photo: NatFee · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Lake Camelot earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Lake Camelot; the top destination outside it is Peoria (36%, 11 miles). Jobs and income earn Lake Camelot A; getting around on foot earns it D−. Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lake Camelot apart on work
Lake Camelot is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Lake Camelot, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Camelot has about 870 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Camelot and Peoria trade workers both ways
Peoria is the top workplace for Lake Camelot residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Camelot come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 781 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Lake Camelot earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Camelot is better than 93% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Lake Camelot’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lake Camelot stays A.
In and out of Lake Camelot on a workday
On a workday 781 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Lake Camelot on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Lake Camelot to work: where people go
Where Lake Camelot clocks in
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.
Factories, building and farms: 41% of the jobs in Lake Camelot
22 jobs are based in Lake Camelot.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Camelot, 2014 → 2024: 49 → 22. 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 Lake Camelot’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lake Camelot, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Camelot workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 704 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Lake Camelot
About 19% 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 Lake Camelot commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Camelot is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lake Camelot near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 844 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Lake Camelot households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Camelot’s commuters take a bus or train.
247th of 6,161: where Lake Camelot ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 245 | Belvedere CA | 2,066 | $250K | 5.9% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 246 | Union Township OH | 2,005 | $108K | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 247 | Lake Camelot IL | 1,629 | $134K | 0.0% | 3.3% | 0% | A |
| 248 | Wetherington OH | 1,138 | $168K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 249 | Machias WA | 1,276 | $152K | 5.1% | 5.7% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Lake Camelot, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Lake Camelot
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Camelot workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Camelot | – | A | D− | 24 min | $133,656 |
| Hollis Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $87,069 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Camelot’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 Lake Camelot: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Camelot?
$133,656 (±$29,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Camelot?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Camelot?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Camelot work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (36%, 11 mi), Bartonville (5%, 5 mi), Pekin (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Camelot walkable?
Lake Camelot is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Camelot without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Camelot, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Camelot
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.