Laona Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 66 jobs in Laona Township; 543 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Laona Township are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Laona Township: the gist
Laona Township is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Laona Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laona Township has about 790 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Laona Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 543 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Laona Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Laona Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Laona Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (23.4%) is left out: Laona Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Laona Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
How many people are in Laona Township by day
On a workday 540 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Laona Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Laona Township
About 33% 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.
The daily trip from Laona Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laona Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 18% 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.
24% of working residents work in Rockford
Where Laona Township clocks in
24% 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.
What Laona Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laona Township, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 66. 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 Laona Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Laona Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laona Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 571 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 Laona Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Laona Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Laona Township places 281st of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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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| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 33 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 279 | Albany Township MN | 1,020 | $128K | 1.8% | 15.2% | 2% | A |
| 280 | Loganville PA | 1,442 | $95K | 4.2% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 281 | Laona Township IL | 1,265 | $110K | 0.0% | 23.4% | 1% | A |
| 282 | Aetna Estates CO | 1,010 | $75K | 1.1% | 0.5% | <1% | A |
| 283 | Pleak TX | 1,202 | $72K | 4.7% | 1.5% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Laona Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Laona Township
The biggest share goes to Shirland Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laona Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laona Township | – | A | C | 33 min | $110,237 |
| Shirland Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Rock Grove Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 37 min | $99,500 |
| Durand Township | 3% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $67,396 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shirland Township: not graded. Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laona 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 Laona Township: questions
What is the median household income in Laona Township?
$110,237 (±$11,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laona Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laona Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laona Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (24%, 20 mi), Chicago (5%, 95 mi), Loves Park (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Laona Township walkable?
Laona Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laona Township 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 Laona Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laona 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.