With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Olive Township works elsewhere
3% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Employers in Olive Township report 76 jobs, against 680 working residents. Olive Township grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Olive Township
Olive Township is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Olive Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olive Township has about 1,100 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Olive Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 680 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Olive Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Olive Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Olive Township’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Olive Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Olive Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How many people are in Olive Township by day
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Olive Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
The daily trip from Olive Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olive Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 752 commuters (the 3% 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.
9% of working residents work in Highland
Where Olive Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Olive Township: what the 76 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olive Township, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 76. 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 Olive Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Olive Township’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Olive Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olive Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Olive Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 776 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.4% of Olive Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olive Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Olive Township ranks 2,169th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 2,167 | Fawn Township PA | 2,093 | $88K | 10.9% | 7.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,168 | Mulino OR | 2,229 | $108K | 10.0% | 9.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,169 | Olive Township IL | 1,677 | $72K | 10.9% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,170 | Smithfield Township IN | 1,750 | $64K | 6.8% | 1.2% | 8% | B− |
| 2,171 | Millgrove Township IN | 1,601 | $66K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Olive Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Olive Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olive Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Township | – | B− | D | 32 min | $71,844 |
| New Douglas Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Alhambra Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $94,271 |
| Staunton Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Omphghent Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 28 min | $83,984 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Douglas Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Staunton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olive 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 Olive Township: questions
What is the median household income in Olive Township?
$71,844 (±$7,695) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olive Township?
10.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olive Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olive Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Highland (9%, 14 mi), Edwardsville (6%, 17 mi), St. Louis (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olive Township walkable?
Olive Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olive Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olive Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olive 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.