Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork and commuting in Mount Pulaski Township
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. Mount Pulaski Township grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in seven work in Mount Pulaski Township itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (18%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mount Pulaski Township, in brief
Mount Pulaski Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mount Pulaski Township is Springfield, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (146) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Mount Pulaski Township
57% of Mount Pulaski Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Mount Pulaski Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 86% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Mount Pulaski Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Mount Pulaski Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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; with 792 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Mount Pulaski Township
On income, poverty and job access, Mount Pulaski Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Mount Pulaski Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Mount Pulaski Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mount Pulaski Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Pulaski Township
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.
What the 565 jobs in Mount Pulaski Township are
565 jobs are based in Mount Pulaski Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Pulaski Township, 2013 → 2023: 475 → 565. 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 Pulaski Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mount Pulaski Township
On a workday 679 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Mount Pulaski Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Commuting out of Mount Pulaski Township: the destinations
Where Mount Pulaski Township clocks in
18% of workers
13% 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 Pulaski Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Pulaski Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 748 commuters (the 12% 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.
Few in Mount Pulaski Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Pulaski Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 851 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). 2.1% of Mount Pulaski Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Pulaski Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mount Pulaski Township is 1,812th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,810 | Delaware City DE | 1,939 | $85K | 6.4% | 7.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,811 | Jesup IA | 2,557 | $89K | 7.0% | 5.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,812 | Mount Pulaski Township IL | 2,018 | $73K | 5.9% | 2.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,813 | Hart Township IN | 1,636 | $63K | 4.4% | 4.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,814 | Iowa Township KS | 1,463 | $98K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pulaski Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Mount Pulaski Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Pulaski Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pulaski Township | – | B | B− | 24 min | $73,084 |
| Elkhart Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Chester Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Laenna Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lanesville Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Fork Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Buffalo Hart Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elkhart Township, Chester Township, Laenna Township, Lanesville Township, Lake Fork Township and Buffalo Hart Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Pulaski 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 Pulaski Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Pulaski Township?
$73,084 (±$6,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Pulaski Township?
5.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Pulaski Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Pulaski Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (18%, 22 mi), Decatur (14%, 22 mi), Mount Pulaski (13%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Pulaski Township walkable?
Mount Pulaski Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Pulaski Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Pulaski Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Pulaski 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.