Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOrvil Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Illinois has 16%. There are 156 jobs in Orvil Township for 386 working residents. Only 7% work in Orvil Township itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (26%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Orvil Township apart on work
Orvil Township and Lincoln trade workers both ways
Lincoln is the top workplace for Orvil Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Orvil Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Orvil Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 386 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Orvil Township goes to work
Where Orvil Township clocks in
26% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Orvil Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orvil Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 558 commuters (the 4% 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.
Orvil Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 360 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Orvil Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
What Orvil Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orvil Township, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 156. 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 Orvil Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Orvil Township
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.
How Orvil Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to West Lincoln Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orvil Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orvil Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $76,429 |
| West Lincoln Township | 3% | B− | B+ | 17 min | $59,914 |
| Boynton Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Prairie Creek Township | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Eminence Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Delavan Township | under 2% | C | B− | 29 min | $67,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Boynton Township, Prairie Creek Township and Eminence Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orvil 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 Orvil Township: questions
What is the median household income in Orvil Township?
$76,429 (±$13,895) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orvil Township?
10.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orvil Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orvil Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (26%, 9 mi), Springfield (12%, 35 mi), Chicago (3%, 141 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orvil Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orvil Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orvil 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.