Households in Medina Township have higher incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Medina Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Poverty touches 5.3% of residents; Illinois has 11.8%. The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Medina Township
Medina Township trades workers with the towns around it
Medina Township has about as many jobs (5,880) as working residents (6,093), but they are mostly different people: 5,532 residents leave for work each day while 5,319 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Medina Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Medina Township and Peoria trade workers both ways
Peoria is the top workplace for Medina Township residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Medina Township come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Medina Township pay over $40,000 a year
82% of the jobs based in Medina Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Medina Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Medina Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Medina Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Medina Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Medina Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Medina Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #189 of 768 in Illinois. Household income is its strongest input ($124,087, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Medina Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Medina Township
On a workday 5,532 residents head out to work, 561 work right here, and 5,319 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
42% of working residents work in Peoria
Where Medina 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.
Medina Township makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
5,880 jobs are based in Medina Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medina Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,782 → 5,880. 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 Medina Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Medina Township’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medina Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,575 commuters (the 17% 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 it is to work from Medina Township
About 22% 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.
Few in Medina Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Medina Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #614 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 6,757 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 8% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 1.1% of Medina Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Medina Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000, Medina Township ranks 571st of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | La Grange IL | 15,935 | $160K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Riverside Township IL | 16,083 | $122K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 569 | Longmeadow MA | 15,688 | $150K | 4.1% | 6.1% | 9% | A− |
| 570 | Santaquin UT | 18,989 | $100K | 3.9% | 2.1% | 7% | A− |
| 571 | Medina Township IL | 13,863 | $124K | 5.3% | 3.9% | 9% | A− |
| 572 | Jefferson Township IN | 11,189 | $112K | 2.6% | 3.8% | 4% | A− |
| 573 | Plainville CT | 17,746 | $84K | 6.5% | 2.9% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Medina Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
42% of Medina Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medina Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina Township | – | A− | C+ | 20 min | $124,087 |
| Peoria City Township | under 2% | C− | A | 18 min | $52,321 |
| Peoria | 42% | C | A | 18 min | $59,410 |
| Spring Bay Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $75,846 |
| Radnor Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 19 min | $178,586 |
| Hallock Township | under 2% | A | D− | 23 min | $151,125 |
| Richwoods Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 17 min | $60,099 |
| Rome | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $88,750 |
| Chillicothe Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 21 min | $69,036 |
| Partridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Kickapoo Township | under 2% | A− | C | 21 min | $112,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Partridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Peoria. Darker towns draw more of Medina 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 Medina Township: questions
What is the median household income in Medina Township?
$124,087 (±$16,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medina Township?
5.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medina Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medina Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (42%, 7 mi), Mossville (8%, 2 mi), East Peoria (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Medina Township walkable?
Medina Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Medina Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medina Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medina 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.