Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Maroa Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
7% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%. Employers in Maroa Township report 268 jobs, against 741 working residents. About one in ten work in Maroa Township; the top destination outside it is Decatur (37%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Maroa Township in brief
Where Maroa Township goes to work
Where Maroa Township clocks in
6% of workers
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.
The daily flow of workers through Maroa Township
On a workday 679 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Maroa Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 kinds of work in Maroa Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maroa Township, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 268. 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 Maroa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Maroa Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maroa Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 828 commuters (the 7% 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 Maroa Township goes to work
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.
Maroa Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maroa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroa Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $79,265 |
| Austin Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Texas Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 25 min | $86,739 |
| Hickory Point Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 17 min | $58,673 |
| Friends Creek Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 25 min | $89,766 |
| Tunbridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Austin Township and Tunbridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maroa 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 Maroa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Maroa Township?
$79,265 (±$12,513) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maroa Township?
5.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maroa Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maroa Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Decatur (37%, 11 mi), Maroa (6%, 2 mi), Springfield (5%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maroa 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 Maroa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maroa 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.