With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Moro Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Moro Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 205 jobs are based in Moro Township; 1,684 of its residents have a job. 24% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moro Township at work: what stands out
Moro Township is a place people come home to
There are 205 jobs based in Moro Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Moro Township has about 2,000 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Moro Township
24% of Moro Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Moro Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moro Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #323 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Moro Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moro Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Moro Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,661 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Moro Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
About 31 minutes to work from Moro Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moro Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,376 commuters (the 24% 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.
9% of working residents work in Edwardsville
Where Moro Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Moro Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moro Township, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 205. 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 Moro Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Moro Township
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.
Most trips from Moro Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moro Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #720 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,815 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Moro Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moro Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Moro Township is 1,222nd of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,220 | Lochsloy WA | 3,029 | $106K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,221 | Wormleysburg PA | 3,078 | $88K | 4.6% | 6.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,222 | Moro Township IL | 3,492 | $100K | 4.0% | 5.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,223 | Latimore Township PA | 2,715 | $85K | 3.8% | 4.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,224 | Tuscola IL | 4,668 | $78K | 7.1% | 1.1% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Moro Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Moro Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bethalto (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moro Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moro Township | – | B+ | C− | 31 min | $100,243 |
| Omphghent Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 28 min | $83,984 |
| Fort Russell Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $73,179 |
| Bunker Hill Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 32 min | $104,167 |
| Bethalto | 5% | B− | B | 23 min | $64,775 |
| Foster Township | under 2% | B | D | 27 min | $110,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moro 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 Moro Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moro Township?
$100,243 (±$19,246) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moro Township?
4.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moro Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moro Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edwardsville (9%, 12 mi), Alton (8%, 9 mi), St. Louis (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moro Township walkable?
Moro Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moro Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moro Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moro 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.