Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Most of Pecatonica Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Pecatonica Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Pecatonica Township has 730 jobs; 1,804 of its residents have a job. About one in ten stay in Pecatonica Township for work; outside it, Rockford is the main destination (29%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pecatonica Township stands out on work
29% of Pecatonica Township works in Rockford
532 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Rockford, 15 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Pecatonica Township itself. The commute map ↓
Pecatonica Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Pecatonica Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pecatonica Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Pecatonica Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pecatonica Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #414 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Pecatonica Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pecatonica Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The towns that employ Pecatonica Township’s residents
Where Pecatonica Township clocks in
29% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Pecatonica Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pecatonica Township, 2014 → 2024: 643 → 730. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pecatonica Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pecatonica Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,606 residents head out to work, 198 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Pecatonica Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Pecatonica Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pecatonica Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,693 commuters (the 10% 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.
Pecatonica Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Pecatonica Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pecatonica Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #683 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Pecatonica Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,887 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Pecatonica Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pecatonica Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pecatonica Township is 1,671st among 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 25 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,669 | South Gate Ridge FL | 5,310 | $70K | 7.5% | 4.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,670 | Capitol Heights MD | 4,044 | $97K | 8.9% | 16.7% | <1% | B |
| 1,671 | Pecatonica Township IL | 4,115 | $81K | 4.6% | 5.7% | 11% | B |
| 1,672 | York Township OH | 4,136 | $75K | 12.6% | 2.0% | 10% | B |
| 1,673 | Muskingum Township OH | 4,911 | $84K | 13.5% | 1.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Pecatonica Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Pecatonica Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Seward Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pecatonica Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pecatonica Township | – | B | C | 28 min | $81,012 |
| Ridott Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 22 min | $83,214 |
| Burritt Township | under 2% | A | D− | 27 min | $100,903 |
| Seward Township | 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Durand Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $67,396 |
| Rock Run Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 30 min | $90,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Seward Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pecatonica 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 2024, 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 Pecatonica Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pecatonica Township?
$81,012 (±$13,115) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pecatonica Township?
4.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pecatonica Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pecatonica Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (29%, 15 mi), Pecatonica (9%, 4 mi), Loves Park (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pecatonica Township walkable?
Pecatonica Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pecatonica Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pecatonica Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pecatonica Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.