More than half of Maxwell Township’s working residents commute to Springfield
0% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Hardly any work in Maxwell Township; the top destination outside it is Springfield (55%, 17 miles). The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Maxwell Township by day and by night
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Maxwell Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.03 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.
The towns that employ Maxwell Township’s residents
Where Maxwell Township clocks in
55% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
In Maxwell Township, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2 jobs are based in Maxwell Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maxwell Township, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 2. 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 Maxwell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Maxwell Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maxwell Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Maxwell Township
About 29% 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.
Work in the towns next to Maxwell Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maxwell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Township | – | — | — | 27 min | — |
| New Berlin Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Loami Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 31 min | $73,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Berlin Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maxwell 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 Maxwell Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Maxwell Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maxwell Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maxwell Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Maxwell Township without a car?
1% 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 Maxwell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maxwell 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.