Loraine Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%). Employers in Loraine Township report 16 jobs, against 103 working residents. Hardly any stay in Loraine Township for work; outside it, Geneseo is the main destination (25%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Loraine Township
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Loraine 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Loraine Township goes to work
Where Loraine Township clocks in
25% 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.
Goods, not services: 63% of the jobs in Loraine Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loraine Township, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 16. 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 Loraine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Loraine Township: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loraine Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 commuters (the 8% 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.
How many miles Loraine Township commutes
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 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 Loraine Township
The biggest share goes to Atkinson Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loraine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loraine Township | – | — | — | 12 min | $71,648 |
| Phenix Township | under 2% | A | D− | 21 min | $135,652 |
| Yorktown Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Portland Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Atkinson Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $57,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Yorktown Township and Portland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loraine 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 Loraine Township: questions
What is the median household income in Loraine Township?
$71,648 (±$20,089) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loraine Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loraine Township?
12 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loraine Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneseo (25%, 9 mi), Rock Island (6%, 29 mi), Atkinson (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Loraine Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loraine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loraine 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.