Households in Olio Township earn less than those in 80% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 11.6%, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. For jobs and income Olio Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+). Working from home is the commute for 8% 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
Getting to work from Olio Township, in brief
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Olio Township
Job access by car holds Olio Township’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($55,708, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olio Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
18% of working residents work in Eureka
Where Olio Township clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Olio Township
On a workday 1,687 residents head out to work, 315 work right here, and 1,298 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 (0.81 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.
What the 1,613 jobs in Olio Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olio Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,607 → 1,613. 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 Olio Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Olio Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olio Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,896 commuters (the 8% 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.
Olio Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Getting around Olio Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,053 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). 6.4% of Olio Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Olio Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Olio Township is 2,880th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | High Point FL | 3,548 | $49K | 7.9% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| 2,879 | Kermit TX | 6,019 | $81K | 16.9% | 3.9% | 23% | C |
| 2,880 | Olio Township IL | 4,627 | $56K | 11.6% | 6.7% | 16% | C |
| 2,881 | Cleveland Township IN | 3,383 | $61K | 16.9% | 4.5% | 10% | C |
| 2,882 | Dannemora NY | 3,291 | $78K | 12.0% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Olio Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Olio Township and its neighbors: 20% work next door
The biggest share goes to Eureka (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olio Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olio Township | – | C | B+ | 27 min | $55,708 |
| Cruger Township | 2% | A | C− | 31 min | $108,024 |
| Palestine Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $77,227 |
| Montgomery Township | under 3% | A− | B | 21 min | $101,750 |
| Roanoke Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 22 min | $82,250 |
| Eureka | 18% | C | B+ | 32 min | $56,048 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olio 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 Olio Township: questions
What is the median household income in Olio Township?
$55,708 (±$15,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olio Township?
11.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olio Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olio Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (18%, 3 mi), Peoria (13%, 21 mi), Bloomington (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olio Township walkable?
Olio Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olio Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olio Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olio 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.