Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Pilot Grove Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Pilot Grove Township report 16 jobs, and 105 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Pilot Grove Township itself; outside it, La Harpe draws the most (11%, 8 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pilot Grove Township by day and by night
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Pilot Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Out of Pilot Grove Township to work: where people go
Where Pilot Grove Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Pilot Grove Township works in goods: 56% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pilot Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 16. 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 Pilot Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pilot Grove Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pilot Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 79 commuters (the 0% 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 far it is to work from Pilot Grove Township
About 28% 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.
The towns around Pilot Grove Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pilot Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Grove Township | – | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Fountain Green Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Durham Township | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Carthage Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 19 min | $79,628 |
| Rock Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fountain Green Township, Durham Township, Rock Creek Township and Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pilot 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 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Pilot Grove Township workers work outside Illinois. The job records count 18% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pilot Grove Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pilot Grove Township?
29.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pilot Grove Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pilot Grove Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Harpe (11%, 8 mi), Burlington (10%, 21 mi), Carthage (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pilot Grove 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 Pilot Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pilot Grove 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.