Hazen Bridge · Photo: Roger McCredie · Public domainNewcomb Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Newcomb Township is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. There are 38 jobs in Newcomb Township; 619 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Newcomb Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Newcomb Township in brief
Why Newcomb Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Newcomb Township’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Newcomb 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, Newcomb Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who works in Newcomb Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Newcomb Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
23% of working residents work in Champaign
Where Newcomb Township clocks in
23% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 53% of Newcomb Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newcomb Township, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 38. 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 Newcomb Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Newcomb Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newcomb Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 507 commuters (the 18% 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 distance from Newcomb Township to work
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.
Driving is how Newcomb Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 618 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). 1.5% of Newcomb Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newcomb Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
388th of 5,400: where Newcomb Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 386 | Buckeystown MD | 1,192 | $134K | 8.0% | 1.8% | 0% | A− |
| 387 | Palm Beach Shores FL | 1,350 | $87K | 5.3% | 9.1% | 5% | A− |
| 388 | Newcomb Township IL | 1,345 | $109K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 389 | St. George Township MN | 1,295 | $111K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A− |
| 390 | Litchfield CT | 1,220 | $110K | 6.1% | 6.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Newcomb Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Newcomb Township
The biggest share goes to Mahomet (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newcomb Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcomb Township | – | A− | D− | 24 min | $109,265 |
| Condit Township | 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Mahomet Township | under 2% | A | C | 20 min | $115,615 |
| Mahomet | 5% | A | C | 21 min | $118,586 |
Same-state neighbors only. Condit Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newcomb 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 Newcomb Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newcomb Township?
$109,265 (±$22,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newcomb Township?
1.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newcomb Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newcomb Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (23%, 12 mi), Urbana (12%, 15 mi), Fisher (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newcomb Township walkable?
Newcomb Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newcomb Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newcomb Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newcomb 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.