Most of Middlefork Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Middlefork Township; the top destination outside it is Danville (20%, 17 miles). Employers in Middlefork Township report 103 jobs; 579 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Middlefork Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Middlefork Township and work: the main findings
Middlefork Township is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Middlefork Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Middlefork Township has about 820 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 579 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Middlefork Township
The poverty rate holds Middlefork Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Middlefork 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, Middlefork Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
How many people are in Middlefork Township by day
On a workday 568 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Middlefork Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Middlefork Township
About 30% 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.
Where Middlefork Township’s working residents head each day
Where Middlefork Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Middlefork Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middlefork Township, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 103. 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 Middlefork Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middlefork Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 543 commuters (the 12% 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 commute in Middlefork Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 619 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). 1.7% of Middlefork Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Middlefork Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Middlefork Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 1,572nd of 4,866 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 33 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 1,570 | Springdale Township PA | 1,463 | $62K | 12.1% | 1.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,571 | Van Wyck SC | 1,065 | $38K | 5.4% | 9.5% | 1% | B− |
| 1,572 | Middlefork Township IL | 1,295 | $79K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,573 | Blooming Grove Township IN | 1,034 | $95K | 6.7% | 14.1% | 0% | B− |
| 1,574 | Conrad IA | 1,086 | $73K | 5.2% | 1.3% | 26% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Middlefork Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Middlefork Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Middlefork Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlefork Township | – | B− | C− | 31 min | $78,750 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Pilot Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Kerr Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| South Ross Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Compromise Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $96,328 |
Same-state neighbors only. Butler Township and South Ross Township: not graded. Pilot Township and Kerr Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Middlefork 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 Middlefork Township: questions
What is the median household income in Middlefork Township?
$78,750 (±$13,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middlefork Township?
4.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middlefork Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middlefork Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danville (20%, 17 mi), Champaign (7%, 27 mi), Urbana (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middlefork Township walkable?
Middlefork Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middlefork Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middlefork Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middlefork 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.