Most of Piasa Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 223 jobs in Piasa Township; 1,520 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Piasa Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 3% work in Piasa Township; the top destination outside it is Alton (12%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Piasa Township, in a few figures
What’s behind Piasa Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Piasa Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #354 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Piasa Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Piasa Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Piasa Township
On a workday 1,481 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Piasa Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Where Piasa Township’s working residents head each day
Where Piasa Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 39% of Piasa Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piasa Township, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 223. 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 Piasa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Piasa Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piasa Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,362 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Piasa Township works
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.
Most trips from Piasa Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Piasa Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #761 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,525 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). 0.8% of Piasa Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Piasa Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, Piasa Township ranks 1,363rd of 4,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,361 | Hopewell Township PA | 2,559 | $76K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,362 | Rockefeller Township PA | 2,302 | $91K | 4.5% | 3.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,363 | Piasa Township IL | 3,016 | $90K | 4.1% | 5.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,364 | Burr Oak Township MI | 2,635 | $67K | 4.0% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,365 | Twin Lakes Township MN | 2,116 | $105K | 2.7% | 5.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Piasa Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Piasa Township
The biggest share goes to Godfrey (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piasa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piasa Township | – | B+ | D | 32 min | $90,347 |
| Mississippi Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 24 min | $84,618 |
| Brighton Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 32 min | $91,667 |
| Godfrey | 5% | B+ | C | 26 min | $94,543 |
| Fidelity Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fidelity Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Piasa 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 Piasa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Piasa Township?
$90,347 (±$6,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piasa Township?
4.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piasa Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piasa Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alton (12%, 9 mi), St. Louis (6%, 27 mi), Godfrey (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Piasa Township walkable?
Piasa Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Piasa Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piasa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piasa 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.