Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNameoki Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Nameoki Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 2,394 jobs in Nameoki Township, against 4,923 working residents. Only 4% work in Nameoki Township; the top destination outside it is Granite City (14%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Nameoki Township
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Nameoki Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Nameoki Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 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.
Where Nameoki Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nameoki Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #587 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Nameoki Township’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nameoki Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
What Nameoki Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nameoki Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,206 → 2,394. 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 Nameoki Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Nameoki Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nameoki Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,661 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.
In and out of Nameoki Township on a workday
On a workday 4,734 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 2,205 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Nameoki Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Out of Nameoki Township to work: where people go
Where Nameoki Township clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Nameoki Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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 Nameoki Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nameoki Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #621 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Nameoki Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,086 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Nameoki Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Nameoki Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Nameoki Township ranks: 1,939th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 7 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 19 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,937 | Jasper AL | 14,585 | $66K | 15.9% | 3.5% | 28% | C+ |
| 1,938 | Bath ME | 8,835 | $69K | 12.4% | 5.8% | 30% | C+ |
| 1,939 | Nameoki Township IL | 11,971 | $65K | 17.3% | 6.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,940 | Derry Township PA | 13,360 | $66K | 14.4% | 4.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 1,941 | Fredericksburg TX | 11,893 | $65K | 9.2% | 4.3% | 40% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Nameoki Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door is work for 19% of Nameoki Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nameoki Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nameoki Township | – | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $65,176 |
| Granite City Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Granite City | 14% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $59,205 |
| Pontoon Beach | 3% | C | B− | 23 min | $62,861 |
| Madison | 2% | C− | C | 18 min | $49,326 |
| Collinsville Township | under 2% | B | B− | 26 min | $77,785 |
| Chouteau Township | under 2% | B | C− | 24 min | $60,160 |
| Venice Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 20 min | $44,117 |
| Canteen Township | under 2% | C− | A− | 20 min | $49,755 |
Same-state neighbors only. Granite City Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Granite City. Darker towns draw more of Nameoki 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 Nameoki Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nameoki Township?
$65,176 (±$10,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nameoki Township?
17.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nameoki Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nameoki Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granite City (14%, 3 mi), St. Louis (12%, 10 mi), Edwardsville (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nameoki Township walkable?
Nameoki Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nameoki Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nameoki Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nameoki 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.