Raleigh Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Home is the office for 1% of workers; Illinois has 16%. Raleigh Township has 54 jobs; 480 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Raleigh Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Raleigh Township
Raleigh Township is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Raleigh Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Raleigh Township has about 640 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Raleigh Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Raleigh Township fell from 1,141 in 2014 to 54 in 2024, −95%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Raleigh Township workers work from home
Only 1% 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; with 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Raleigh Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Raleigh Township’s grade up ($90,515, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Raleigh Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Raleigh Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who commutes out of Raleigh Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 474 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Raleigh Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
33% of the jobs in Raleigh Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raleigh Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,141 → 54. 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 Raleigh Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Raleigh Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Raleigh Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 423 commuters (the 1% 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.
18% of working residents work in Eldorado
Where Raleigh Township clocks in
18% of workers
13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Raleigh Township
About 22% 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.
Getting around Raleigh Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 427 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). 4.9% of Raleigh Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Raleigh Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Raleigh Township is 1,435th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 20 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,433 | Saxeville WI | 1,026 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,434 | Papaikou HI | 1,332 | $79K | 10.9% | 3.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,435 | Raleigh Township IL | 1,062 | $91K | 13.0% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,436 | Ellicottville NY | 1,298 | $71K | 6.9% | 7.5% | 21% | C+ |
| 1,437 | Tuscarora Township PA | 1,349 | $84K | 8.4% | 4.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Raleigh Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Raleigh Township
The biggest share goes to East Eldorado Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Raleigh Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Township | – | C+ | C | 28 min | $90,515 |
| East Eldorado Township | 4% | D | B− | 23 min | $51,125 |
| Harrisburg Township | under 2% | D | B | 19 min | $46,474 |
| Galatia Township | under 2% | C | C− | 25 min | $47,538 |
| Long Branch Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Brushy Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Long Branch Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Brushy Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Raleigh 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 Raleigh Township: questions
What is the median household income in Raleigh Township?
$90,515 (±$31,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Raleigh Township?
13.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Raleigh Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Raleigh Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eldorado (18%, 6 mi), Harrisburg (13%, 5 mi), Marion (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Raleigh Township walkable?
Raleigh Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Raleigh Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Raleigh Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Raleigh 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.