Photo: Robert Lawton · CC BY-SA 2.5O'Fallon Township’s household incomes are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn O'Fallon Township A−; getting around on foot earns it A−. The poverty rate is 7.4%; Illinois has 11.8%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
O'Fallon Township and work: the main findings
Why O'Fallon Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, O'Fallon Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #222 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, O'Fallon Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
14% of working residents work in O'Fallon
Where O'Fallon Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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 people are in O'Fallon Township by day
On a workday 9,809 residents head out to work, 1,317 work right here, and 5,969 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in O'Fallon Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 7,286 jobs based in O'Fallon Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in O'Fallon Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,475 → 7,286. 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 O'Fallon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from O'Fallon Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of O'Fallon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,967 commuters (the 20% 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 O'Fallon Township
About 16% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: O'Fallon Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, O'Fallon Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #294 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,384 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 6.1% of O'Fallon Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of O'Fallon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000, O'Fallon Township ranks 477th of 1,477 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 475 | Valinda CA | 20,962 | $100K | 8.1% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| 476 | East Lyme CT | 19,223 | $105K | 5.5% | 3.2% | 15% | A− |
| 477 | O'Fallon Township IL | 26,976 | $100K | 7.4% | 3.5% | 12% | A− |
| 478 | Evergreen Park IL | 19,283 | $96K | 4.0% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| 479 | Paris Township OH | 32,021 | $92K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 18% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 O'Fallon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
17% of O'Fallon Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to O'Fallon (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | O'Fallon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Fallon Township | – | A− | A− | 26 min | $100,136 |
| Caseyville Township | under 2% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $87,204 |
| Shiloh Valley Township | under 2% | A | A− | 19 min | $104,772 |
| O'Fallon | 14% | A | A− | 25 min | $105,982 |
| Lebanon Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Jarvis Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 26 min | $118,443 |
| Shiloh | 3% | A | B+ | 25 min | $99,573 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lebanon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of O'Fallon 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 O'Fallon Township: questions
What is the median household income in O'Fallon Township?
$100,136 (±$11,271) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in O'Fallon Township?
7.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from O'Fallon Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in O'Fallon Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are O'Fallon (14%, 3 mi), St. Louis (11%, 21 mi), Belleville (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is O'Fallon Township walkable?
O'Fallon Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around O'Fallon Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from O'Fallon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of O'Fallon 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.