Photo: Jauerback · CC BY-SA 3.0Oswego Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Measured by household income, Oswego Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. There are 13,700 jobs in Oswego Township, against 32,398 working residents. The two grades for Oswego Township are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Oswego Township
Oswego Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Oswego Township is Chicago, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (4,580) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Oswego Township
64% of Oswego Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Oswego Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Oswego Township empties out on a workday
About 43,000 people are in Oswego Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 62,000 who live here: 30,000 head out to work and 11,000 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Oswego Township’s grade
Job access by car holds Oswego Township’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oswego Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
The distance from Oswego Township to work
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.
The kinds of work in Oswego Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oswego Township, 2013 → 2023: 12,513 → 13,700. 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 Oswego Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Oswego Township
On a workday 29,720 residents head out to work, 2,678 work right here, and 11,022 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43,000 people are in Oswego Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
14% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Oswego Township clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Oswego Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oswego Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25,133 commuters (the 17% 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.
In Oswego Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oswego Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #529 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 30,207 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). 2.1% of Oswego Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Oswego Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oswego Township places 173rd of 720 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 43,000 to 83,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 11 | New Lenox Township IL | 45,290 | $133K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 14 | New Trier Township IL | 56,118 | $216K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 10% | A+ |
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| 19 | Vernon Township IL | 71,353 | $146K | 6.3% | 2.4% | 15% | A+ |
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| 171 | Prosper TX | 45,605 | $195K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 9% | A |
| 172 | Brookhaven GA | 59,643 | $118K | 10.3% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 173 | Oswego Township IL | 61,778 | $114K | 5.2% | 4.4% | 8% | A |
| 174 | Mount Juliet TN | 45,172 | $107K | 6.0% | 3.8% | 9% | A |
| 175 | Jackson Township OH | 43,403 | $94K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 20% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 720 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Oswego Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Oswego Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oswego Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Township | – | A | B− | 31 min | $114,047 |
| Bristol Township | under 2% | A | B | 34 min | $109,481 |
| Aurora Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 25 min | $76,459 |
| Na-Au-Say Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $127,857 |
| Wheatland Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 34 min | $172,808 |
| Kendall Township | under 2% | A | C | 31 min | $121,740 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oswego 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 Oswego Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oswego Township?
$114,047 (±$3,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oswego Township?
5.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oswego Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oswego Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (14%, 34 mi), Aurora (10%, 6 mi), Naperville (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oswego Township walkable?
Oswego Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oswego Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oswego Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oswego 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.