Work and commuting in Mills Township
Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers; Illinois has 16%. Only 2% work in Mills Township itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (14%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 11 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Mills Township
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Mills Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Mills Township to work: where people go
Where Mills Township clocks in
14% 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.
A place that makes things: 80% of Mills Township’s jobs are in goods
99 jobs are based in Mills Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mills Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 99. 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 Mills Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Mills Township: about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mills Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 170 commuters (the 29% 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.
Where in the region Mills Township works
About 28% 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.
Mills Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mills Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Township | – | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Tamalco Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Burgess Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 29 min | $65,461 |
| Wheatfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Central Township | under 2% | C | A− | 21 min | $65,676 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tamalco Township and Wheatfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mills 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 Mills Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mills Township?
2.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mills Township?
11 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mills Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (14%, 7 mi), Highland (8%, 14 mi), Springfield (6%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mills Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mills Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mills 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.