Babylon Bend Bridge · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lee Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26. Lee Township has 14 jobs, against 91 working residents. Hardly any work in Lee Township; the top destination outside it is Peoria (13%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lee Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Lee Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The towns that employ Lee Township’s residents
Where Lee Township clocks in
10% 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.
86% of the jobs in Lee Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lee Township, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 14. 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 Lee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lee Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where in the region Lee Township works
About 21% 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.
Lee Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $98,750 |
| Harris Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Union Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Bushnell Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Ellisville Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harris Township, Union Township, Deerfield Township and Ellisville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Bushnell Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lee 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 Lee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lee Township?
$98,750 (±$27,333) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lee Township?
3.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lee Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lee Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (13%, 42 mi), Avon (10%, 6 mi), Macomb (10%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lee 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 Lee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lee 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.