Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Pine Creek Township works elsewhere
93 jobs are based in Pine Creek Township, against 279 working residents. Hardly any stay in Pine Creek Township for work; outside it, Polo is the main destination (10%, 6 miles). For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pine Creek Township: the figures worth knowing
The daily commute in and out of Pine Creek Township
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Pine Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The places Pine Creek Township commutes to
Where Pine Creek Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
What Pine Creek Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 93. 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 Pine Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Creek Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 415 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.
Miles to work from Pine Creek Township
About 27% 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.
Pine Creek Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Oregon-Nashua Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Creek Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $110,000 |
| Mount Morris Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $49,531 |
| Oregon-Nashua Township | 4% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $80,769 |
| Grand Detour Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Detour Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Creek 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 Pine Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Creek Township?
$110,000 (±$26,523) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Creek Township?
4.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Creek Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Polo (10%, 6 mi), Rockford (8%, 28 mi), Dixon (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Creek 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 Pine Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Creek 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.