Mount Erie Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Mount Erie Township itself; outside it, Fairfield draws the most (27%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Erie Township by day and by night
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Mount Erie Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Mount Erie Township’s working residents head each day
Where Mount Erie Township clocks in
27% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Mount Erie Township makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
90 jobs are based in Mount Erie Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Erie Township, 2014 → 2024: 85 → 90. 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 Mount Erie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Mount Erie Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Erie Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 commuters (the 0% 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 far Mount Erie Township’s workers travel
About 23% 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.
Mount Erie Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Erie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Erie Township | – | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Decker Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Massilon Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Elm River Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Zif Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Decker Township, Massilon Township, Elm River Township and Zif Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Erie 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 Mount Erie Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mount Erie Township?
21.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Erie Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Erie Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairfield (27%, 15 mi), Albion (5%, 13 mi), Flora (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mount Erie 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 Mount Erie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Erie 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.