Pin Oak Township has higher household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
1.9% of residents are in poverty (Illinois 11.8%). For jobs and income Pin Oak Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (B−). The average commute, 28 minutes each way, matches the Illinois norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Pin Oak Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Pin Oak Township’s grade up ($168,822, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pin Oak Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who works in Pin Oak Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,078 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 1,099 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Pin Oak Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.54 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.
12% of working residents work in Edwardsville
Where Pin Oak Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
30% of the jobs in Pin Oak Township make or build things
1,161 jobs are based in Pin Oak Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pin Oak Township, 2013 → 2023: 913 → 1,161. 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 Pin Oak Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pin Oak Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,716 commuters (the 17% 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.
Half of Pin Oak Township commutes less than 18 miles
About 15% 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.
Getting around Pin Oak Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,070 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 under 0.1 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). 0.0% of Pin Oak Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pin Oak Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
661st of 3,862: where Pin Oak Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 15 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 659 | Sawgrass FL | 4,929 | $123K | 7.8% | 3.2% | 5% | A− |
| 660 | Union Beach NJ | 5,708 | $119K | 3.0% | 7.1% | 4% | A− |
| 661 | Pin Oak Township IL | 4,533 | $169K | 1.9% | 6.4% | 3% | A− |
| 662 | Calistoga CA | 4,954 | $85K | 5.6% | 0.0% | 26% | A− |
| 663 | Elk Ridge UT | 4,969 | $143K | 1.9% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Pin Oak Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 12% of Pin Oak Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pin Oak Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pin Oak Township | – | A− | B− | 28 min | $168,822 |
| Edwardsville Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $92,712 |
| Hamel Township | under 3% | A+ | D | 27 min | $124,643 |
| Jarvis Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 26 min | $118,443 |
| Edwardsville | 12% | A | B+ | 23 min | $86,721 |
| Marine Township | under 3% | A | C− | 27 min | $98,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Edwardsville. Darker towns draw more of Pin Oak 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 Pin Oak Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pin Oak Township?
$168,822 (±$25,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pin Oak Township?
1.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pin Oak Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pin Oak Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edwardsville (12%, 6 mi), St. Louis (11%, 22 mi), Troy (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pin Oak Township walkable?
Pin Oak Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pin Oak Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pin Oak Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pin Oak 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.