Pleasant Grove School · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Logan Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% work in Logan Township; the top destination outside it is Peoria (33%, 12 miles). 336 jobs are based in Logan Township for 1,414 working residents. Jobs and income earn Logan Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Logan Township apart on work
Logan Township and Peoria trade workers both ways
Peoria is the top workplace for Logan Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Logan Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Logan Township is a place people come home to
There are 336 jobs based in Logan Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Logan Township has about 2,100 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Logan Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois 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.
The figures behind Logan Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Logan Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #317 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Logan Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($73,341, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Logan Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where the trip to work from Logan Township ends
Where Logan Township 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.
Who works in Logan Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,364 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Logan Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 trip to work from Logan Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Logan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,552 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.
The kinds of work in Logan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Logan Township, 2013 → 2023: 280 → 336. 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 Logan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Logan Township
About 20% 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.
Logan Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Logan Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns, #755 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Logan Township 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 1,731 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). 1.7% of Logan Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Logan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Logan Township ranks: 1,170th of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,168 | Adams Township IN | 4,097 | $83K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,169 | Eglin AFB FL | 2,778 | $84K | 2.7% | 2.7% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,170 | Logan Township IL | 3,205 | $73K | 6.2% | 2.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,171 | Nahant MA | 3,331 | $113K | 8.9% | 5.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,172 | Walton Township MI | 2,201 | $89K | 6.4% | 5.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Logan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Logan Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Limestone Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Logan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Township | – | B+ | D | 23 min | $73,341 |
| Trivoli Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Limestone Township | 3% | B+ | B | 21 min | $71,380 |
| Rosefield Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $84,821 |
| Timber Township | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $73,730 |
Same-state neighbors only. Trivoli Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Logan 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 Logan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Logan Township?
$73,341 (±$7,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Logan Township?
6.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Logan Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Logan Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (33%, 12 mi), Bartonville (5%, 9 mi), Pekin (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Logan Township walkable?
Logan Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Logan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Logan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Logan 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.