Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of May Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for May Township are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. May Township has 36 jobs, and 798 of its residents work somewhere. 7% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in May Township: the figures worth knowing
May Township is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in May Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday May Township has about 1,200 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from May 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; with 798 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside May Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, May Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds May Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, May Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of May Township
On a workday 795 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in May Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for May Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of May Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 947 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.
19% of working residents work in Taylorville
Where May Township clocks in
19% of workers
18% 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.
May Township works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in May Township, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 36. 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 May Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far May Township’s workers travel
About 27% 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.
Getting around May Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, May Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place May 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 1,016 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of May Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of May Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
May Township next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 1,293rd of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,291 | Pleasantville IA | 1,699 | $68K | 4.1% | 2.1% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,292 | Atglen PA | 1,403 | $120K | 13.8% | 4.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,293 | May Township IL | 1,996 | $98K | 3.9% | 4.4% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,294 | Burr Oak Township MI | 2,635 | $67K | 4.0% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,295 | Melrose Township MI | 1,404 | $97K | 3.9% | 1.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 May Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
May Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | May Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May Township | – | B+ | D− | 23 min | $97,543 |
| Taylorville Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Stonington Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Locust Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $70,565 |
| Prairieton Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Assumption Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Taylorville Township and Assumption Township: not graded. Stonington Township and Prairieton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of May 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 May Township: questions
What is the median household income in May Township?
$97,543 (±$14,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in May Township?
3.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from May Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in May Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Taylorville (19%, 7 mi), Springfield (18%, 29 mi), Decatur (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is May Township walkable?
May Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around May 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 May Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of May 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.