Photo: Adam Moss from Macomb, IL, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Mount Sterling Township has 3.1 jobs for every working resident: 3,966 people commute in to work
For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Employers in Mount Sterling Township report 4,519 jobs for 1,446 working residents. The two grades for Mount Sterling Township are C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mount Sterling Township: the figures worth knowing
Stores, warehouses and trucking
81% of the jobs in Mount Sterling Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 39% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Mount Sterling Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Mount Sterling Township went from 1,474 in 2013 to 4,519 in 2023, +207%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Mount Sterling Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Mount Sterling Township has far more jobs than workers
Mount Sterling Township has 4,519 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,500 people are in town, 69% more than the 4,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Mount Sterling Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Mount Sterling Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 57% of the jobs Mount Sterling Township residents hold. 88% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Mount Sterling Township. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Mount Sterling Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Sterling Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #548 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Mount Sterling Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Sterling Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
76% of the jobs in Mount Sterling Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Sterling Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,474 → 4,519. 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 Sterling Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 13 minutes each way for Mount Sterling Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Sterling Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,047 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.
The daily flow of workers through Mount Sterling Township
On a workday 893 residents head out to work and 553 work right here.
About 7,500 people are in Mount Sterling Township on a workday afternoon, 69% more 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.
Where the people who work in Mount Sterling Township live
Where Mount Sterling Township clocks in
34% of workers
8% 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.
How far Mount Sterling Township’s workers travel
About 34% 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.
In Mount Sterling Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Sterling Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #246 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,135 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). 12.7% of Mount Sterling Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mount Sterling Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mount Sterling Township ranks: 2,408th of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 15 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,406 | Hartland VT | 3,398 | $86K | 8.5% | 5.9% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,407 | North Litchfield Township IL | 4,824 | $73K | 10.8% | 3.8% | 22% | C+ |
| 2,408 | Mount Sterling Township IL | 4,448 | $65K | 10.5% | 2.6% | 38% | C+ |
| 2,409 | Monroe Township IN | 5,408 | $74K | 10.6% | 4.6% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,410 | Jenner Township PA | 3,570 | $59K | 13.6% | 1.6% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Sterling Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Mount Sterling Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Sterling Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sterling Township | – | C+ | A− | 13 min | $65,481 |
| Lee Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Elkhorn Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Missouri Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Cooperstown Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lee Township, Elkhorn Township, Missouri Township and Cooperstown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Sterling 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 Sterling Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Sterling Township?
$65,481 (±$7,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Sterling Township?
10.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Sterling Township?
13 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 Sterling Township work?
38% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Sterling (34%, 2 mi), Quincy (8%, 34 mi), Springfield (4%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Sterling Township walkable?
Mount Sterling Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Sterling Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Sterling Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Sterling 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.