At 1.8%, unemployment in Mount Pleasant Township is lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. The two grades for Mount Pleasant Township are B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in four stay in Mount Pleasant Township for work; outside it, Morrison is the main destination (23%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mount Pleasant Township: the gist
Mount Pleasant Township trades workers with the towns around it
Mount Pleasant Township has about as many jobs (1,786) as working residents (2,066), but they are mostly different people: 1,559 residents leave for work each day while 1,279 people come in. Only 28% of the jobs in Mount Pleasant Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Pleasant Township and Morrison trade workers both ways
Morrison is the top workplace for Mount Pleasant Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Pleasant Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Mount Pleasant Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. 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.
How Mount Pleasant Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Pleasant Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #382 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Mount Pleasant Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Pleasant Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Mount Pleasant Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,559 residents head out to work, 507 work right here, and 1,279 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Mount Pleasant Township: the destinations
Where Mount Pleasant Township clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 daily trip from Mount Pleasant Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,033 commuters (the 8% 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.
What work there is in Mount Pleasant Township: 1,786 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pleasant Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,791 → 1,786. 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 Pleasant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mount Pleasant Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most of Mount Pleasant Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Pleasant Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #498 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,199 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). 3.7% of Mount Pleasant Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Pleasant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Pleasant Township is 1,496th of 4,009 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 17 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,494 | Oak View CA | 6,141 | $110K | 8.3% | 4.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,495 | Warm Beach WA | 3,442 | $100K | 7.5% | 2.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,496 | Mount Pleasant Township IL | 4,638 | $74K | 7.0% | 1.8% | 25% | B |
| 1,497 | Carter Township IN | 3,236 | $75K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 19% | B |
| 1,498 | Norwood PA | 5,927 | $96K | 8.2% | 8.7% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,009 | 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 Mount Pleasant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Mount Pleasant Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pleasant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | – | B | B | 20 min | $74,185 |
| Lyndon Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Hopkins Township | under 2% | B− | C | 36 min | $97,075 |
| Union Grove Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 20 min | $106,250 |
| Clyde Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Genesee Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyndon Township, Clyde Township and Genesee Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant Township?
$74,185 (±$8,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pleasant Township?
7.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pleasant Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pleasant Township work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morrison (23%, 3 mi), Sterling (10%, 11 mi), Clinton (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Pleasant Township walkable?
Mount Pleasant Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Pleasant Township without a car?
0% 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 Pleasant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Pleasant 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.