Photo: Robb01 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mendon Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers work from home; Illinois has 16%. 252 jobs are based in Mendon Township, against 687 working residents. The two grades for Mendon Township are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mendon Township at work: what stands out
44% of Mendon Township works in Quincy
302 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Quincy, 13 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Mendon Township itself. The commute map ↓
Few Mendon Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 687 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Mendon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mendon Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Mendon Township’s grade up ($76,048, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Mendon Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mendon Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
44% of working residents work in Quincy
Where Mendon Township clocks in
44% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Mendon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mendon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 871 commuters (the 4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Mendon Township
On a workday 649 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Mendon Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Jobs in Mendon Township: what the 252 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mendon Township, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 252. 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 Mendon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mendon 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.
In Mendon Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mendon Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 904 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). 2.7% of Mendon Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mendon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,820th of 5,877: where Mendon Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 32 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 2,818 | Windham NY | 1,701 | $76K | 7.4% | 5.2% | 31% | C+ |
| 2,819 | Clyde NC | 1,355 | $56K | 8.2% | 0.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,820 | Mendon Township IL | 1,384 | $76K | 10.8% | 3.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,821 | Grafton NH | 1,411 | $82K | 7.7% | 4.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,822 | Alexandria NH | 1,740 | $89K | 9.7% | 2.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Mendon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Mendon Township
The biggest share goes to Ursa Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mendon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendon Township | – | C+ | B− | 26 min | $76,048 |
| Lima Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ursa Township | 2% | C+ | D | 21 min | $67,083 |
| Honey Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Keene Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lima Township, Honey Creek Township and Keene Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mendon 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 Mendon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mendon Township?
$76,048 (±$19,108) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mendon Township?
10.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mendon Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mendon Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (44%, 12 mi), Ellington Township (10%, 8 mi), Mendon (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mendon Township walkable?
Mendon Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mendon 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 Mendon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mendon 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.