Jobs and earnings in Pigeon Grove Township, and the trip to work
About one in seven work in Pigeon Grove Township itself; outside it, Cissna Park draws the most (8%, 4 miles). For jobs and income Pigeon Grove Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pigeon Grove Township, in brief
The figures behind Pigeon Grove Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Pigeon Grove Township’s grade up (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Pigeon Grove 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, Pigeon Grove Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far Pigeon Grove Township’s workers travel
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pigeon Grove Township
On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Pigeon Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Pigeon Grove Township goes to work
Where Pigeon Grove Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Inside Pigeon Grove Township’s 350 jobs
350 jobs are based in Pigeon Grove Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pigeon Grove Township, 2014 → 2024: 365 → 350. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pigeon Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pigeon Grove Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pigeon Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 501 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.
In Pigeon Grove Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 545 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). 8.1% of Pigeon Grove Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pigeon Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pigeon Grove Township is 2,548th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,546 | Orangeville UT | 1,271 | $90K | 20.2% | 2.1% | 8% | C− |
| 2,547 | Buffalo WV | 1,185 | $65K | 19.9% | 8.1% | <1% | C− |
| 2,548 | Pigeon Grove Township IL | 1,089 | $69K | 11.4% | 0.5% | 14% | C− |
| 2,549 | Etna ME | 1,245 | $72K | 15.5% | 5.7% | 5% | C− |
| 2,550 | Carrollton NY | 1,174 | $61K | 11.6% | 6.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Pigeon Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns next door employ 11% of Pigeon Grove Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pigeon Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon Grove Township | – | C− | B | 25 min | $69,107 |
| Fountain Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Cissna Park | 8% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Loda Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $94,464 |
| Artesia Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Ash Grove Township | 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fountain Creek Township, Cissna Park, Artesia Township and Ash Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cissna Park. Darker towns draw more of Pigeon Grove 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 2024, 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 Pigeon Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pigeon Grove Township?
$69,107 (±$18,679) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pigeon Grove Township?
11.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pigeon Grove Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pigeon Grove Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cissna Park (8%, 4 mi), Watseka (7%, 20 mi), Urbana (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pigeon Grove Township walkable?
Pigeon Grove Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pigeon Grove Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pigeon Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pigeon Grove Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.