Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY-SA 3.0Richmond Township has higher unemployment (10.3%) than 95% of U.S. towns
At home: 26% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). Jobs and income earn Richmond Township B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 8% work in Richmond Township; the top destination outside it is Chicago (10%, 53 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Richmond Township, in a few figures
Richmond Township trades workers with the towns around it
Richmond Township has about as many jobs (3,239) as working residents (3,643), but they are mostly different people: 3,362 residents leave for work each day while 2,958 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Richmond Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Richmond Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Richmond Township is Chicago, 53 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (370) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Richmond Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Richmond Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Richmond Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Richmond Township works from home
26% of Richmond Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Richmond Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
The four measures behind Richmond Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richmond Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #394 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Richmond Township’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richmond Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Richmond Township
On a workday 3,362 residents head out to work, 281 work right here, and 2,958 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 (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Richmond Township
About 17% 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.
Richmond Township makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
3,239 jobs are based in Richmond Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,380 → 3,239. 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 Richmond Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Richmond Township, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,433 commuters (the 25% 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 places Richmond Township commutes to
Where Richmond Township clocks in
10% 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.
Getting around Richmond Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richmond Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #524 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Richmond 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 3,264 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). 2.5% of Richmond Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Richmond Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richmond Township places 1,463rd of 3,303 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,200
| # | 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% | 3% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,461 | Seward NE | 7,892 | $73K | 9.6% | 1.7% | 34% | B |
| 1,462 | Columbiana OH | 6,756 | $55K | 8.3% | 1.5% | 12% | B |
| 1,463 | Richmond Township IL | 6,781 | $96K | 4.9% | 10.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,464 | Sugarcreek Township OH | 6,505 | $65K | 11.3% | 1.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,465 | Loughman FL | 7,591 | $66K | 10.3% | 2.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,303 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Richmond Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Richmond Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Township | – | B | B− | 33 min | $95,789 |
| Burton Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 33 min | $125,921 |
| Hebron Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 28 min | $106,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond 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 Richmond Township: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond Township?
$95,789 (±$18,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond Township?
4.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 53 mi), McHenry (5%, 8 mi), Richmond (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Richmond Township walkable?
Richmond Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond 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.