Patterson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Patterson Township report 32 jobs for 160 working residents. Only 2% stay in Patterson Township for work; outside it, Jacksonville is the main destination (8%, 24 miles). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Patterson Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Patterson Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where people from Patterson Township work
Where Patterson Township clocks in
8% 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.
47% of the jobs in Patterson Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patterson Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 32. 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 Patterson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 53 minutes to work from Patterson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patterson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Patterson Township
About 40% 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.
The towns around Patterson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patterson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Township | – | — | — | 53 min | $47,037 |
| Pearl Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Montezuma Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Pearl | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Walkerville Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Roodhouse Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $59,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pearl Township, Montezuma Township, Pearl and Walkerville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Patterson 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 Patterson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Patterson Township?
$47,037 (±$42,606) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patterson Township?
12.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patterson Township?
53 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patterson Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (8%, 24 mi), Carrollton (8%, 14 mi), White Hall (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Patterson Township without a car?
0% 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 Patterson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patterson 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.