Putman Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
About one in ten work in Putman Township itself; outside it, Canton draws the most (19%, 9 miles). Employers in Putman Township report 221 jobs, and 787 of its residents work somewhere. Putman Township grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Putman Township apart on work
What’s behind Putman Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Putman Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Putman Township’s grade up ($66,125, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Putman Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Putman Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily commute in and out of Putman Township
On a workday 721 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Putman Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Putman Township goes to work
Where Putman Township clocks in
19% 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.
The kinds of work in Putman Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Putman Township, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 221. 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 Putman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Putman Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Putman Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 732 commuters (the 16% 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 distance from Putman Township to work
About 26% 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.
Most trips from Putman Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Putman Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% 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 868 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). 5.9% of Putman Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Putman Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Putman Township is 4,416th among 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,414 | South Zanesville OH | 1,907 | $39K | 15.8% | 2.6% | 3% | C− |
| 4,415 | South Charleston OH | 1,698 | $50K | 16.3% | 1.9% | 9% | C− |
| 4,416 | Putman Township IL | 1,907 | $66K | 13.5% | 3.6% | 8% | C− |
| 4,417 | Norman Township MI | 1,569 | $64K | 10.4% | 10.5% | 12% | C− |
| 4,418 | Blanchard Township OH | 1,399 | $60K | 15.7% | 3.7% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Putman Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Putman Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Putman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putman Township | – | C− | B | 31 min | $66,125 |
| Joshua Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Buckheart Township | under 2% | C− | C | 26 min | $61,161 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | — | — | 57 min | — |
| Lewistown Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 35 min | $69,034 |
| Bernadotte Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Joshua Township, Cass Township and Bernadotte Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Putman 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 Putman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Putman Township?
$66,125 (±$10,961) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Putman Township?
13.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Putman Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Putman Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (19%, 9 mi), Peoria (10%, 35 mi), Cuba (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Putman Township walkable?
Putman Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Putman Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Putman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Putman 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.