Phillips Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns. Employers in Phillips Township report 124 jobs, and 457 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Phillips Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Phillips Township: the gist
Phillips Township and Carmi trade workers both ways
Carmi is the top workplace for Phillips Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Phillips Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Phillips Township workers cross into Indiana
29% of Phillips Township workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Evansville (10%), Patoka Township (4%) and Black Township (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Phillips Township is a place people come home to
There are 124 jobs based in Phillips Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Phillips Township has about 720 people in it, 32% 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 457 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Phillips Township’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Phillips Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Phillips 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, Phillips Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
20% of working residents work in Carmi
Where Phillips Township clocks in
20% of workers
10% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Phillips Township
On a workday 449 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Phillips Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Goods, not services: 69% of the jobs in Phillips Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Phillips Township, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 124. 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 Phillips Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Phillips Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Phillips Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 486 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.
How many miles Phillips Township commutes
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Phillips Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 527 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). 8.7% of Phillips Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Phillips Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Phillips Township next to 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,866 | Clay City KY | 1,174 | $24K | 39.5% | 5.3% | 4% | D− |
| 2,867 | Falls City OR | 1,042 | $51K | 19.8% | 7.4% | 1% | D− |
| 2,868 | Phillips Township IL | 1,049 | $54K | 21.6% | 1.1% | 2% | D− |
| 2,869 | Richmond Township OH | 1,005 | $56K | 30.0% | 3.2% | <1% | D− |
| 2,870 | Tuscarora Township PA | 1,135 | $52K | 18.2% | 1.0% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Phillips Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Phillips Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Hawthorne Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Phillips Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Township | – | D− | C+ | 31 min | $53,550 |
| Hawthorne Township | 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Gray Township | under 2% | D− | A− | 27 min | $51,397 |
| Burnt Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Carmi Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 21 min | $53,323 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hawthorne Township and Burnt Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Phillips 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 Phillips Township: questions
What is the median household income in Phillips Township?
$53,550 (±$12,910) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Phillips Township?
21.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Phillips Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Phillips Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carmi (20%, 9 mi), Evansville (10%, 31 mi), Albion (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Phillips Township walkable?
Phillips Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Phillips Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Phillips Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Phillips 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.