Most of Okaw Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
58 jobs are based in Okaw Township; 392 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Okaw Township itself; outside it, Decatur draws the most (18%, 27 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Okaw Township
Okaw Township is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Okaw Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Okaw Township has about 540 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Okaw Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Okaw Township is Decatur, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (71) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Okaw 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; with 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Okaw Township
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Okaw Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
How far Okaw Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
From Okaw Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Okaw Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 260 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Okaw Township’s working residents head each day
Where Okaw Township clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Okaw Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Okaw Township, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 58. 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 Okaw Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work in the towns next to Okaw Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Okaw Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okaw Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $75,357 |
| Shelbyville Township | under 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Windsor Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 24 min | $69,722 |
| Ridge Township | under 3% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Todds Point Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Shelbyville | 9% | C | A | 10 min | $52,470 |
Same-state neighbors only. Shelbyville Township: not graded. Ridge Township and Todds Point Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shelbyville. Darker towns draw more of Okaw 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 Okaw Township: questions
What is the median household income in Okaw Township?
$75,357 (±$7,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Okaw Township?
20.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Okaw Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Okaw Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Decatur (18%, 27 mi), Shelbyville (9%, 6 mi), Pana (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Okaw Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Okaw Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Okaw 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.