Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lexington Township works elsewhere
Lexington Township has 325 jobs, and 1,071 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Lexington Township itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (26%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute from Lexington Township lasts 26 minutes (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lexington Township in brief
Lexington Township and Bloomington trade workers both ways
Bloomington is the top workplace for Lexington Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Lexington Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Lexington Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Lexington Township is a place people come home to
There are 325 jobs based in Lexington Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lexington Township has about 1,600 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Commuting out of Lexington Township: the destinations
Where Lexington Township clocks in
26% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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 Lexington Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lexington Township, 2014 → 2024: 200 → 325. 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 Lexington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lexington Township
On a workday 1,020 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Lexington Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Lexington Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lexington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,125 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lexington Township
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.
Next door to Lexington Township
The biggest share goes to Lexington (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lexington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $104,744 |
| Blue Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Money Creek Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 21 min | $191,042 |
| Lawndale Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lexington | 4% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $99,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Mound Township and Lawndale Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lexington 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 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 Lexington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lexington Township?
$104,744 (±$17,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lexington Township?
3.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lexington Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lexington Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (26%, 15 mi), Normal (13%, 14 mi), Chenoa (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lexington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lexington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lexington Township
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.