Pendleton Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income D: better than 12% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Pendleton Township; the top destination outside it is Mount Vernon (39%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Pendleton Township, in brief
Pendleton Township is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Pendleton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pendleton Township has about 780 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
39% of Pendleton Township works in Mount Vernon
142 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Mount Vernon, 9.9 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Pendleton Township itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 368 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Pendleton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Pendleton Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pendleton Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Pendleton 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, Pendleton Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Pendleton Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 366 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Pendleton Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.04 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.
39% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Pendleton Township clocks in
39% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Pendleton Township commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 30% 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.
What the 14 jobs in Pendleton Township are
14 jobs are based in Pendleton Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pendleton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pendleton Township, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 14. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pendleton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 559 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Pendleton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pendleton Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 600 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). 18.3% of Pendleton Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pendleton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pendleton Township is 2,995th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pendleton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,993 | Elephant Butte NM | 1,456 | $53K | 10.7% | 5.3% | 7% | D |
| 2,994 | Malvern OH | 1,092 | $31K | 26.6% | 4.3% | 3% | D |
| 2,995 | Pendleton Township IL | 1,133 | $58K | 16.2% | 1.6% | 1% | D |
| 2,996 | Medway ME | 1,197 | $56K | 11.4% | 5.2% | 5% | D |
| 2,997 | Colbert OK | 1,118 | $46K | 24.8% | 6.9% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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.
Pendleton Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Dodds Township (3%). Darker towns draw more of Pendleton Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pendleton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendleton Township | – | D | C− | 22 min | $58,056 |
| Four Mile Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Dahlgren Township | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $66,641 |
| Webber Township | under 2% | C− | D | 28 min | $59,241 |
| Moores Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Dodds Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $62,025 |
Same-state neighbors only. Four Mile Township and Moores Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Pendleton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pendleton Township?
$58,056 (±$10,388) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pendleton Township?
16.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pendleton Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pendleton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (39%, 10 mi), Ina (4%, 11 mi), Springfield (3%, 117 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pendleton Township walkable?
Pendleton Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pendleton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pendleton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pendleton 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.