Prophetstown Township has higher unemployment (5.7%) than 71% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Prophetstown Township for work; outside it, Prophetstown is the main destination (16%, 3 miles). Jobs and income earn Prophetstown Township C; getting around on foot earns it C+. For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Prophetstown Township stands out on work
Prophetstown Township and Prophetstown trade workers both ways
Prophetstown is the top workplace for Prophetstown Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Prophetstown Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Prophetstown Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Prophetstown Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Prophetstown Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Prophetstown Township’s grade up (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Prophetstown Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Where Prophetstown Township’s working residents head each day
Where Prophetstown Township clocks in
8% 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.
Commuting from Prophetstown Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prophetstown Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,013 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who works in Prophetstown Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 836 residents head out to work, 165 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Prophetstown Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
What Prophetstown Township’s employers do
690 jobs are based in Prophetstown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prophetstown Township, 2014 → 2024: 864 → 690. 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 Prophetstown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Prophetstown Township commutes
About 25% 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.
Few in Prophetstown Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Prophetstown Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,050 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). 6.8% of Prophetstown Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Prophetstown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Prophetstown Township is 3,443rd of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,441 | Vinita Park MO | 1,923 | $54K | 20.8% | 7.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,442 | Homestead PA | 2,822 | $39K | 18.6% | 5.5% | 4% | C |
| 3,443 | Prophetstown Township IL | 2,425 | $69K | 10.4% | 5.7% | 16% | C |
| 3,444 | Milo ME | 2,350 | $57K | 16.4% | 0.6% | 17% | C |
| 3,445 | East Wheatfield Township PA | 2,113 | $51K | 16.5% | 2.9% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Prophetstown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Prophetstown Township
The biggest share goes to Portland Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prophetstown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prophetstown Township | – | C | C+ | 28 min | $68,618 |
| Lyndon Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Fenton Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Yorktown Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Portland Township | 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Tampico Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Hume Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Fairfield Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyndon Township, Fenton Township, Yorktown Township, Portland Township, Tampico Township, Hume Township and Fairfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prophetstown 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 Prophetstown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prophetstown Township?
$68,618 (±$6,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prophetstown Township?
10.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prophetstown Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prophetstown Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prophetstown (16%, 3 mi), Sterling (8%, 16 mi), Morrison (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Prophetstown Township walkable?
Prophetstown Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prophetstown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prophetstown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prophetstown 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.