Mountain Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
0% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 16 jobs are based in Mountain Township, against 141 working residents. Hardly any work in Mountain Township itself; outside it, Harrisburg draws the most (30%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mountain Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Mountain Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Mountain Township goes to work
Where Mountain Township clocks in
30% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Mountain Township: what the 16 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 16. 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 Mountain Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 39 minutes in Mountain Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 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.
Miles to work from Mountain Township
About 31% 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.
Mountain Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mountain Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Township | – | — | — | 39 min | $112,841 |
| Cottage Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Eagle Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Independence Township | under 2% | B | B− | 23 min | $79,375 |
| Equality Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cottage Township, Eagle Creek Township and Equality Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mountain 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 Mountain Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain Township?
$112,841 (±$72,942) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (30%, 9 mi), Marion (9%, 29 mi), Springfield (4%, 162 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mountain 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 Mountain Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain 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.