Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHow Quarry Township works: jobs, income and commuting
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Quarry Township B; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in ten work in Quarry Township itself; outside it, Grafton draws the most (9%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Quarry Township
The better-paid jobs are outside Quarry Township
56% of Quarry Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Quarry Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Quarry Township pay little
29% of the jobs based in Quarry Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 476 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Quarry Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Quarry Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Quarry Township’s grade up (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Quarry 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, Quarry Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Inside Quarry Township’s 407 jobs
407 jobs are based in Quarry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quarry Township, 2013 → 2023: 344 → 407. 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 Quarry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Quarry Township by day and by night
On a workday 422 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
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 Quarry Township’s working residents head each day
Where Quarry Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Quarry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quarry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 351 commuters (the 20% 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 Quarry Township to work
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 Quarry Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Quarry Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 441 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). 4.2% of Quarry Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Quarry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Quarry Township is 1,185th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,183 | Lake Shore MN | 1,127 | $97K | 5.8% | 1.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,184 | Shepherdstown WV | 1,522 | $64K | 6.2% | 11.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,185 | Quarry Township IL | 1,158 | $74K | 5.6% | 3.5% | 11% | B |
| 1,186 | Keene NY | 1,121 | $94K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 11% | B |
| 1,187 | Stanchfield Township MN | 1,198 | $88K | 7.5% | 8.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Quarry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Quarry Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Elsah Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Quarry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Township | – | B | B− | 31 min | $73,684 |
| Otter Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Rosedale Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Elsah Township | 2% | B− | B− | 25 min | $74,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Otter Creek Township and Rosedale Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Quarry 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 Quarry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Quarry Township?
$73,684 (±$11,443) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quarry Township?
5.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quarry Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quarry Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grafton (9%, 3 mi), Jerseyville (9%, 12 mi), Alton (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Quarry Township walkable?
Quarry Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Quarry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quarry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quarry 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.