Photo: Dwatling98 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of McHenry Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn McHenry Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. There are 9,384 jobs in McHenry Township, and 21,816 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in McHenry Township; the top destination outside it is McHenry (12%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in McHenry Township
What drives the Jobs & income grade in McHenry Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, McHenry Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #313 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, McHenry Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
The places McHenry Township commutes to
Where McHenry Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
A workday in McHenry Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 19,242 residents head out to work, 2,574 work right here, and 6,810 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36,000 people are in McHenry Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
What McHenry Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McHenry Township, 2013 → 2023: 9,357 → 9,384. 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 McHenry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in McHenry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McHenry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21,103 commuters (the 15% 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 McHenry Township
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.
Driving is how McHenry Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McHenry Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #386 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 24,852 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of McHenry Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of McHenry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, McHenry Township is 387th among 909 U.S. towns of 34,000 to 65,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 16 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 21 | New Lenox Township IL | 45,290 | $133K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Oswego IL | 39,948 | $124K | 2.6% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 385 | Shields Township IL | 41,282 | $113K | 9.8% | 5.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 386 | Rye NY | 50,011 | $108K | 10.1% | 5.5% | 13% | B+ |
| 387 | McHenry Township IL | 48,110 | $95K | 8.4% | 3.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 388 | Cortlandt NY | 42,413 | $140K | 5.7% | 7.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 389 | Taylorsville UT | 57,484 | $86K | 8.9% | 4.3% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 909 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 McHenry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to McHenry Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McHenry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McHenry Township | – | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $94,531 |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $98,214 |
| Nunda Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 30 min | $109,574 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $96,383 |
| Wauconda Township | under 2% | A | B | 31 min | $112,337 |
| Bull Valley | under 2% | A | B− | 33 min | $191,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McHenry 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 McHenry Township: questions
What is the median household income in McHenry Township?
$94,531 (±$4,664) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McHenry Township?
8.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McHenry Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McHenry Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McHenry (12%, 2 mi), Chicago (9%, 48 mi), Crystal Lake (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McHenry Township walkable?
McHenry Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McHenry Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McHenry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of McHenry 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.