Persifer Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Persifer Township report 72 jobs; 459 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Persifer Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Hardly any work in Persifer Township; the top destination outside it is Galesburg (24%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Persifer Township, in brief
Persifer Township and Galesburg trade workers both ways
Galesburg is the top workplace for Persifer Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Persifer Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Persifer Township is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Persifer Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Persifer Township has about 660 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. 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; with 459 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Persifer Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Persifer Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Persifer Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Persifer 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, Persifer Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Where Persifer Township goes to work
Where Persifer Township clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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.
Persifer Township by day and by night
On a workday 455 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Persifer Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
What Persifer Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Persifer Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 72. 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 Persifer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Persifer Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Persifer Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Persifer Township commutes less than 29 miles
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Persifer Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Persifer Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Persifer 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 437 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). 3.4% of Persifer Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Persifer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Persifer Township is 1,011th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| 20 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,009 | China Spring TX | 1,126 | $71K | 9.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,010 | Rand WV | 1,064 | $61K | 8.6% | 5.4% | 1% | B− |
| 1,011 | Persifer Township IL | 1,051 | $74K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,012 | Lincoln Township KS | 1,268 | $75K | 4.0% | 9.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,013 | Knife Lake Township MN | 1,268 | $101K | 7.6% | 2.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Persifer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Persifer Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Persifer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persifer Township | – | B− | D− | 27 min | $73,906 |
| Truro Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Knox Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 21 min | $82,353 |
| Copley Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Haw Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Orange Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Truro Township, Copley Township, Haw Creek Township and Orange Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Persifer 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 Persifer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Persifer Township?
$73,906 (±$23,942) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Persifer Township?
3.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Persifer Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Persifer Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galesburg (24%, 12 mi), Peoria (11%, 31 mi), Chicago (4%, 142 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Persifer Township walkable?
Persifer Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Persifer 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 Persifer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Persifer 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.