Work, pay and getting to work in Rantoul Township
About one in seven work in Rantoul Township; the top destination outside it is Rantoul (24%, 2 miles). Home is the office for 8% of workers; Illinois has 16%. The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rantoul Township
Rantoul Township and Rantoul trade workers both ways
Rantoul is the top workplace for Rantoul Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Rantoul Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Rantoul Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Rantoul Township goes to work
Where Rantoul Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% 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.
Getting to work from Rantoul Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rantoul Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,074 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.
Rantoul Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,278 residents head out to work, 671 work right here, and 2,335 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 (0.76 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.
What the 3,006 jobs in Rantoul Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rantoul Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,930 → 3,006. 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 Rantoul Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Rantoul Township, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Rantoul Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rantoul Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rantoul Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $50,659 |
| Ludlow Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 21 min | $55,012 |
| Condit Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Compromise Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $96,328 |
| Somer Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Condit Township and Somer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rantoul 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 Rantoul Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rantoul Township?
$50,659 (±$4,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rantoul Township?
19.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rantoul Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rantoul Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rantoul (24%, 2 mi), Champaign (21%, 12 mi), Urbana (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rantoul Township without a car?
<1% 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 Rantoul Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rantoul 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.