With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pike Township works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Pike Township for work; outside it, Fairbury is the main destination (15%, 14 miles). Employers in Pike Township report 14 jobs, and 80 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 5% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pike Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Pike Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting out of Pike Township: the destinations
Where Pike Township clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
Pike Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 14. 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 Pike Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pike Township: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 314 commuters (the 5% 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.
The commute from Pike Township, by distance
About 18% 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.
Pike Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Eppards Point Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $119,688 |
| Eppards Point Township | 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Waldo Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Rooks Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Chenoa Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Yates Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eppards Point Township, Waldo Township, Rooks Creek Township and Yates Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chenoa Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pike 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 Pike Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Township?
$119,688 (±$94,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
0.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairbury (15%, 14 mi), Bloomington (10%, 24 mi), Normal (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pike Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pike Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike 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.