Philo Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 68% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Philo Township; the top destination outside it is Champaign (35%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Philo Township
One in three of Philo Township works in Champaign
284 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Champaign, 7.9 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Philo Township itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Philo Township
65% of Philo Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Philo Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Philo Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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 804 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Philo Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Philo Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Philo Township’s grade up ($113,201, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Philo Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
35% of working residents work in Champaign
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Philo Township clocks in
35% of workers
18% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 310 jobs in Philo Township are
310 jobs are based in Philo Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Philo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Philo Township, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 310. 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 20 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 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Philo Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,089 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.
Philo Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 780 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Philo Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.39 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.
Half of Philo Township commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Philo Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Philo Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,182 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 0.0 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). 2.0% of Philo Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Philo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Philo Township is 1,241st of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Philo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,239 | Fishkill NY | 2,147 | $97K | 2.7% | 9.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,240 | Beresford SD | 2,105 | $79K | 5.2% | 1.8% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,241 | Philo Township IL | 1,844 | $113K | 6.8% | 4.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,242 | Franklin Township IN | 1,821 | $85K | 6.6% | 2.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,243 | Grandview TX | 2,090 | $77K | 7.1% | 0.5% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Philo Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Tolono Township (3%). Darker towns draw more of Philo Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Philo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philo Township | – | B+ | B− | 20 min | $113,201 |
| Urbana Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 16 min | $62,905 |
| Sidney Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 24 min | $107,222 |
| Tolono Township | 3% | B | C− | 20 min | $90,641 |
| Crittenden Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Savoy | 2% | A− | B | 18 min | $91,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Crittenden 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 Philo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Philo Township?
$113,201 (±$6,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Philo Township?
6.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Philo Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Philo Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (35%, 8 mi), Urbana (18%, 6 mi), Champaign Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Philo Township walkable?
Philo Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Philo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Philo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Philo 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.