Terwilliger House · Photo: Andy McMurray · CC BY 2.5Household incomes in Nunda Township are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Nunda Township itself; outside it, Crystal Lake draws the most (10%, 5 miles). Poverty touches 5.1% of residents; Illinois has 11.8%. For jobs and income Nunda Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nunda Township at work: what stands out
Nunda Township trades workers with the towns around it
Nunda Township has about as many jobs (15,577) as working residents (18,039), but they are mostly different people: 16,238 residents leave for work each day while 13,776 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Nunda Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nunda Township draws workers from far and wide
The 15,577 jobs in Nunda Township are filled from a wide area. Nunda Township’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Nunda Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Nunda Township’s grade up ($109,574, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nunda Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who commutes out of Nunda Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 16,238 residents head out to work, 1,801 work right here, and 13,776 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
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 people from Nunda Township work
Where Nunda Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Nunda Township: 15,577 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nunda Township, 2013 → 2023: 16,002 → 15,577. 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 Nunda Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Nunda Township’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nunda Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,582 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Nunda Township
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 Nunda Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,154 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 1.9% of Nunda Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Nunda Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Nunda Township ranks: 354th of 1,135 U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 7 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
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| 15 | New Lenox IL | 28,893 | $141K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A+ |
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| 25 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 352 | Jeffersontown KY | 29,193 | $82K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A− |
| 353 | Manassas VA | 44,332 | $114K | 7.7% | 3.8% | 11% | A− |
| 354 | Nunda Township IL | 39,031 | $110K | 5.1% | 4.5% | 10% | A− |
| 355 | South Portland ME | 27,007 | $87K | 6.9% | 2.6% | 21% | A− |
| 356 | Clinton MD | 38,376 | $125K | 7.7% | 4.7% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Nunda Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Nunda Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nunda Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nunda Township | – | A− | B+ | 30 min | $109,574 |
| Wauconda Township | under 2% | A | B | 31 min | $112,337 |
| Algonquin Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 30 min | $110,071 |
| McHenry Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $94,531 |
| Dorr Township | under 2% | A− | A | 25 min | $87,800 |
| Oakwood Hills | under 2% | A | C | 32 min | $109,907 |
| Ridgefield | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Port Barrington | under 2% | A+ | B | 37 min | $149,886 |
| Lakemoor | under 2% | A | C+ | 36 min | $100,414 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ridgefield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nunda 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 Nunda Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nunda Township?
$109,574 (±$6,718) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nunda Township?
5.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nunda Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nunda Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crystal Lake (10%, 5 mi), Chicago (9%, 43 mi), McHenry (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nunda Township walkable?
Nunda Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nunda Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nunda Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nunda 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.