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Jobs & commute in Malone Township

Malone Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

74% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. There are 9 jobs in Malone Township, against 86 working residents. Hardly any work in Malone Township itself; outside it, Peoria draws the most (15%, 27 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Malone Township by day

On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

86live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday130
200live here− 86head out to work+ 9come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Malone Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Out of Malone Township to work: where people go

Mount Sterling: 2 residents work here (2%)MetamoraCreve CoeurWashingtonMorton: 2 residents work here (2%)Pekin: 10 residents work here (12%)Belleville: 2 residents work here (2%)Normal: 5 residents work here (6%)Bloomington: 4 residents work here (5%)Chicago: 5 residents work here (6%)Peoria: 13 residents work here (15%)Springfield: 3 residents work here (3%)Malone TownshipPrairie Creek TownshipAllens Grove TownshipSand Prairie TownshipDelavan Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Manito TownshipPeoriaPekinNormalChicagoBloomingtonDelavan TownshipMalone Township
1
Peoria27.4 mi away
15%13
2
Pekin14.8 mi away
12%10
3
Normal36.9 mi away
6%5
4
Chicago145.1 mi away
6%5
5
Bloomington37.2 mi away
5%4
6
Delavan Township6.1 mi away
5%4
7
Springfield39 mi away
3%3
8
Mount Sterling63.7 mi away
2%2
9
Morton20.5 mi away
2%2
10
Belleville128.4 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%36
The top trips

Where Malone Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Malone Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Malone TownshipJobs Malone Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms22%19%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices78%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month78%29%
Over $3,333 a month0%60%

Who does it

29 or younger56%26%
30 to 5422%52%
55 and older22%22%
+800%

Jobs based in Malone Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 9. 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 Malone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Malone Township

Working from home
74%

of Malone Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 7 in 10
How Malone Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 44 commuters (the 74% 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 far

How far Malone Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPeoria: 15% · 27.4 miPekin: 12% · 14.8 miNormal: 6% · 36.9 miChicago: 6% · 145.1 miBloomington: 5% · 37.2 miDelavan Township: 5% · 6.1 miSpringfield: 3% · 39 miMount Sterling: 2% · 63.7 miMorton: 2% · 20.5 miBelleville: 2% · 128.4 miPeoria 15%Pekin 12%Normal 6%Chicago 6%Bloomington 5%Malone Township
Malone TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi5 residents
31%10–24 mi27 residents
31%25–50 mi27 residents
31%Over 50 mi27 residents

About 31% 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.

Next door

Malone Township and its neighbors

The biggest share goes to Delavan Township (5%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Prairie Creek Township24 min
Manito Township27 min
Delavan Township29 min
Sand Prairie Township29 min
Allens Grove Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownMalone Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Malone Township–———$148,854
Manito Townshipunder 3%BB−27 min$68,942
Allens Grove Townshipunder 3%——34 min—
Sand Prairie Townshipunder 3%C+D−29 min$67,500
Delavan Township5%CB−29 min$67,250
Prairie Creek Townshipunder 3%——24 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Allens Grove Township and Prairie Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Malone Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Malone Township: questions

What is the median household income in Malone Township?

$148,854 (±$59,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Malone Township?

7.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Malone Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (15%, 27 mi), Pekin (12%, 15 mi), Normal (6%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Malone 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 Malone Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Malone Township

Malone Township home →

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.