Chana School · Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Work and commuting in Oregon-Nashua Township
About one in four stay in Oregon-Nashua Township for work; outside it, Oregon is the main destination (19%, 2 miles). Oregon-Nashua Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Oregon-Nashua Township stands out on work
Oregon-Nashua Township trades workers with the towns around it
Oregon-Nashua Township has about as many jobs (2,301) as working residents (1,993), but they are mostly different people: 1,500 residents leave for work each day while 1,808 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in Oregon-Nashua Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Oregon-Nashua Township and Oregon trade workers both ways
Oregon is the top workplace for Oregon-Nashua Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Oregon-Nashua Township come from (18% of its jobs). 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Oregon-Nashua Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oregon-Nashua Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #562 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Oregon-Nashua Township’s grade up ($80,769, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oregon-Nashua Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How a workday changes Oregon-Nashua Township
On a workday 1,500 residents head out to work, 493 work right here, and 1,808 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 (1.15 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.
The places Oregon-Nashua Township commutes to
Where Oregon-Nashua Township clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
32% of the jobs in Oregon-Nashua Township make or build things
2,301 jobs are based in Oregon-Nashua Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oregon-Nashua Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,323 → 2,301. 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 Oregon-Nashua Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Oregon-Nashua Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oregon-Nashua Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,773 commuters (the 7% 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.
The distance from Oregon-Nashua Township to work
About 23% 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.
In Oregon-Nashua Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oregon-Nashua Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #547 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 1,905 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). 9.7% of Oregon-Nashua Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oregon-Nashua Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400, Oregon-Nashua Township ranks 2,412th of 3,867 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 17 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,410 | Morton MS | 3,694 | $42K | 16.1% | 0.3% | 26% | C+ |
| 2,411 | Stroudsburg PA | 5,809 | $67K | 12.0% | 5.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,412 | Oregon-Nashua Township IL | 4,748 | $81K | 14.1% | 4.7% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,413 | Cresco IA | 3,925 | $61K | 13.4% | 1.2% | 44% | C+ |
| 2,414 | Slippery Rock PA | 3,551 | $52K | 33.8% | 5.6% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Oregon-Nashua Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Oregon-Nashua Township
The biggest share goes to Rockvale Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oregon-Nashua Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon-Nashua Township | – | C+ | B− | 24 min | $80,769 |
| Pine Rock Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Grand Detour Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Pine Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Rockvale Township | 3% | A | D | 30 min | $125,156 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pine Rock Township, Grand Detour Township, Pine Creek Township and Taylor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oregon-Nashua 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 Oregon-Nashua Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oregon-Nashua Township?
$80,769 (±$19,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oregon-Nashua Township?
14.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oregon-Nashua Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oregon-Nashua Township work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oregon (19%, 2 mi), Rockford (11%, 24 mi), Dixon (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oregon-Nashua Township walkable?
Oregon-Nashua Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oregon-Nashua Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oregon-Nashua Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oregon-Nashua 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.