Northville Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
199 jobs are based in Northville Township; 2,539 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Northville Township are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Northville Township apart
Northville Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Northville Township is a place people come home to
There are 199 jobs based in Northville Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Northville Township has about 5,000 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Northville Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Northville Township fell from 332 in 2013 to 199 in 2023, −40%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
The four measures behind Northville Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Northville Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #191 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Northville Township’s grade up (3.7%, 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 and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Northville Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Commuting from Northville Township: about 43 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Northville Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,527 commuters (the 7% 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 Northville Township on a workday
On a workday 2,483 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Northville Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Northville Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northville Township, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 199. 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 Northville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
11% of working residents work in Sandwich
Where Northville Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles Northville Township commutes
About 28% 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.
The commute in Northville Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Northville Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #732 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,804 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). 2.8% of Northville Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Northville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Northville Township next to U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900: 656th of 3,154 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 654 | North Springfield VA | 7,050 | $130K | 6.4% | 5.4% | 1% | A− |
| 655 | Northfield NJ | 8,496 | $112K | 4.6% | 3.9% | 10% | A− |
| 656 | Northville Township IL | 7,316 | $104K | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 657 | Solon Township MI | 6,652 | $87K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A− |
| 658 | Bedminster Township PA | 7,501 | $152K | 3.4% | 5.9% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Northville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Northville Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northville Township | – | A− | C− | 43 min | $103,819 |
| Mission Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 38 min | $85,727 |
| Fox Township | under 2% | A | C | 29 min | $116,250 |
| Somonauk Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Millington | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Adams Township | under 2% | C− | C | 46 min | $67,424 |
| Serena Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 46 min | $104,236 |
| Sandwich Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Somonauk Township and Sandwich Township: not graded. Millington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northville 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 Northville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Northville Township?
$103,819 (±$15,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northville Township?
3.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northville Township?
43 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Northville Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandwich (11%, 4 mi), Chicago (6%, 53 mi), Yorkville (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Northville Township walkable?
Northville Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Northville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northville 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.