Most of Menominee Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 181 jobs in Menominee Township for 379 working residents. For jobs and income Menominee Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B−). Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Menominee Township in brief
Menominee Township and Dubuque trade workers both ways
Dubuque is the top workplace for Menominee Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Menominee Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many Menominee Township workers cross into Iowa
43% of Menominee Township workers work outside Illinois, most of them in Iowa, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Menominee Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 84 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 379 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Menominee Township
Household income holds Menominee Township’s grade up ($90,444, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Menominee Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Menominee Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
34% of working residents work in Dubuque
Where Menominee Township clocks in
34% of workers
8% 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.
Menominee Township’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menominee Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 509 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.
How a workday changes Menominee Township
On a workday 374 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Menominee Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 82% of Menominee Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menominee Township, 2014 → 2024: 194 → 181. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Menominee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Menominee 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Menominee Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 532 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). 13.0% of Menominee Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Menominee Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Menominee Township comes 727th on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 20 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 725 | West Stockbridge MA | 1,319 | $107K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 10% | B |
| 726 | Grant Park IL | 1,271 | $78K | 9.0% | 8.6% | 8% | B |
| 727 | Menominee Township IL | 1,030 | $90K | 9.3% | 2.2% | 1% | B |
| 728 | Milford NJ | 1,224 | $72K | 8.8% | 5.8% | 1% | B |
| 729 | Independence Township IL | 1,135 | $79K | 1.8% | 6.2% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Menominee Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Menominee Township
The biggest share goes to Dunleith Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Menominee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee Township | – | B | B− | 17 min | $90,444 |
| Rawlins Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| West Galena Township | under 2% | B+ | A | 16 min | $65,679 |
| Dunleith Township | 6% | B− | C | 20 min | $69,505 |
| Vinegar Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rawlins Township and Vinegar Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Menominee 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 2024, 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 Menominee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Menominee Township?
$90,444 (±$39,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menominee Township?
9.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menominee Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menominee Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (34%, 9 mi), East Dubuque (13%, 4 mi), Galena (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Menominee Township walkable?
Menominee Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Menominee Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menominee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menominee Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.