Photo: PeteBobb · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Carroll Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Mount Carroll Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). There are 402 jobs in Mount Carroll Township, and 825 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Mount Carroll Township
Unemployment holds Mount Carroll Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($53,558, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Carroll Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How a workday changes Mount Carroll Township
On a workday 725 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Mount Carroll Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
13% of working residents work in Mount Carroll
Where Mount Carroll Township clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
Jobs in Mount Carroll Township: what the 402 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Carroll Township, 2013 → 2023: 495 → 402. 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 Mount Carroll Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Mount Carroll Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Carroll Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 904 commuters (the 6% 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 Mount Carroll Township works
About 21% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mount Carroll Township
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 966 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). 4.0% of Mount Carroll Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Mount Carroll Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mount Carroll Township is 3,666th among 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,664 | Phelps NY | 1,850 | $71K | 14.7% | 7.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,665 | Neillsville WI | 2,367 | $60K | 15.1% | 3.1% | 40% | C |
| 3,666 | Mount Carroll Township IL | 1,897 | $54K | 13.3% | 2.9% | 12% | C |
| 3,667 | Montezuma Township KS | 1,543 | $68K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 24% | C |
| 3,668 | Canaan ME | 2,219 | $58K | 12.9% | 3.5% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Mount Carroll Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
16% of Mount Carroll Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Mount Carroll (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Carroll Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carroll Township | – | C | A− | 28 min | $53,558 |
| Woodland Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Salem Township | 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Mount Carroll | 13% | C− | A− | 26 min | $58,500 |
| Savanna Township | under 2% | C | B+ | 20 min | $49,955 |
| York Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 26 min | $66,528 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodland Township, Salem Township and Freedom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Carroll 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 Mount Carroll Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Carroll Township?
$53,558 (±$6,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Carroll Township?
13.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Carroll Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Carroll Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Carroll (13%, 3 mi), Savanna (12%, 6 mi), Clinton (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Carroll Township walkable?
Mount Carroll Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Carroll Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Carroll Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Carroll 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.