Springfield draws more than half of Loami Township’s working residents
Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. Loami Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any stay in Loami Township for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (51%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Loami Township
More than half of Loami Township works in Springfield
231 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Springfield, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Loami Township itself. The commute map ↓
Loami Township is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Loami Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Loami Township has about 720 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Loami Township averages 31 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (19 to 27 minutes). Next door ↓
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 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Loami Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Loami Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Loami Township’s grade.
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Loami 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, Loami Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where Loami Township goes to work
Where Loami Township clocks in
51% 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.
Who works in Loami Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 454 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Loami Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.18 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 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Loami Township’s 80 jobs
80 jobs are based in Loami Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loami Township, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 80. 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 Loami Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Loami Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loami Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 525 commuters (the 10% 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 Loami Township works
About 23% 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.
In Loami Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Loami Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 583 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). 5.9% of Loami Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Loami Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Loami Township ranks: 1,576th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,574 | Umapine OR | 1,215 | $56K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,575 | Topeka IN | 1,229 | $63K | 7.9% | 12.3% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,576 | Loami Township IL | 1,100 | $73K | 10.4% | 2.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,577 | Union Township IN | 1,013 | $72K | 11.3% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,578 | Salt Creek Township OH | 1,095 | $74K | 8.6% | 5.3% | 0% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Loami Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Loami Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loami Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loami Township | – | C+ | D | 31 min | $73,125 |
| Maxwell Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Chatham Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 19 min | $88,959 |
| New Berlin Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maxwell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. New Berlin Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loami 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 Loami Township: questions
What is the median household income in Loami Township?
$73,125 (±$21,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loami Township?
10.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loami Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loami Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (51%, 14 mi), New Berlin (3%, 6 mi), Pleasant Plains (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Loami Township walkable?
Loami Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loami Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loami Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loami 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.