Jobs and earnings in Oxford Township, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 8% of workers; Illinois has 16%. For jobs and income Oxford Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 7% stay in Oxford Township for work; outside it, Woodhull is the main destination (10%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Oxford Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Oxford Township’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Oxford 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, Oxford Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Oxford Township
On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Oxford Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Oxford Township goes to work
Where Oxford Township clocks in
9% 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.
Oxford Township makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
291 jobs are based in Oxford Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oxford Township, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 291. 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 Oxford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Oxford Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oxford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 536 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.
Oxford Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most of Oxford Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 582 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). 2.8% of Oxford Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oxford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oxford Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 590th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 588 | Muncy Township PA | 1,185 | $86K | 5.9% | 3.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 589 | Gibson WI | 1,338 | $81K | 6.1% | 2.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 590 | Oxford Township IL | 1,122 | $75K | 1.6% | 2.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 591 | Gilmer Township IL | 1,126 | $85K | 2.0% | 2.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 592 | Patterson Township OH | 1,422 | $101K | 5.2% | 0.2% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Oxford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Oxford Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oxford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Township | – | B+ | B− | 24 min | $74,792 |
| Lynn Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Rio Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Rivoli Township | under 3% | C | C | 35 min | $55,875 |
| Clover Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lynn Township, Rio Township and Clover Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oxford 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 Oxford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oxford Township?
$74,792 (±$8,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oxford Township?
1.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oxford Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oxford Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodhull (10%, 3 mi), Galesburg (9%, 17 mi), Davenport (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oxford Township walkable?
Oxford Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oxford 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 Oxford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oxford 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.