Most of Reed Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. 1,545 jobs are based in Reed Township; 3,438 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Reed Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Reed Township, in brief
Reed Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Reed Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Reed Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Few Reed 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Reed Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Reed Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #322 of 768 in Illinois. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Reed Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reed Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
48% of the jobs in Reed Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reed Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,347 → 1,545. 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 Reed Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Reed Township: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reed Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,348 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.
Reed Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,221 residents head out to work, 217 work right here, and 1,328 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Reed Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
11% of working residents work in Joliet
Where Reed Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
How far Reed Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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 Reed Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reed Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #668 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Reed Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,473 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.4% of Reed Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Reed Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Reed Township next to U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400: 1,085th of 3,167 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,083 | Westport NC | 5,915 | $132K | 2.6% | 6.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,084 | Quantico Base VA | 5,840 | $73K | 7.0% | 5.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,085 | Reed Township IL | 6,988 | $82K | 7.7% | 2.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,086 | West Brandywine Township PA | 8,131 | $113K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,087 | Aptos CA | 6,404 | $134K | 5.9% | 5.4% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Reed Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Reed Township
The biggest share goes to Braidwood (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reed Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Township | – | B+ | C | 31 min | $82,398 |
| Wilmington Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Braidwood | 5% | B+ | C | 29 min | $82,202 |
| Braceville Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $83,357 |
| Custer Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $121,771 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wilmington Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Reed 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 Reed Township: questions
What is the median household income in Reed Township?
$82,398 (±$15,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reed Township?
7.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reed Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reed Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joliet (11%, 19 mi), Chicago (9%, 49 mi), Braidwood (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Reed Township walkable?
Reed Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reed Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reed Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reed 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.