About two in five of Richwoods Township’s working residents commute to Peoria
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 5.0 in Peoria. The two grades for Richwoods Township are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 7% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Richwoods Township in brief
Richwoods Township trades workers with the towns around it
Richwoods Township has about as many jobs (3,220) as working residents (2,684), but they are mostly different people: 2,490 residents leave for work each day while 3,026 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Richwoods Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Richwoods Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Richwoods Township residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Richwoods Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richwoods Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #473 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Richwoods Township’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($60,099, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richwoods Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
In and out of Richwoods Township on a workday
On a workday 2,490 residents head out to work, 194 work right here, and 3,026 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 (1.20 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.
The daily trip from Richwoods Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richwoods Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,869 commuters (the 7% 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.
How many miles Richwoods Township commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Richwoods Township’s working residents head each day
Where Richwoods Township clocks in
7% 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.
What the 3,220 jobs in Richwoods Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richwoods Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,124 → 3,220. 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 Richwoods Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Richwoods Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richwoods Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #260 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,098 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 52% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 9.4% of Richwoods Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Richwoods Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richwoods Township places 1,758th of 3,527 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
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| 37 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 75 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,756 | Peoria Heights IL | 5,767 | $60K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 7% | B− |
| 1,757 | Tonganoxie KS | 6,208 | $80K | 13.2% | 4.5% | 12% | B− |
| 1,758 | Richwoods Township IL | 5,771 | $60K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 7% | B− |
| 1,759 | Whitewater Township OH | 6,453 | $62K | 14.0% | 2.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,760 | Aroma Township IL | 4,827 | $75K | 15.8% | 2.1% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Richwoods Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Richwoods Township and its neighbors: 47% work next door
The biggest share goes to Peoria (40%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richwoods Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richwoods Township | – | B− | A− | 17 min | $60,099 |
| Peoria City Township | under 2% | C− | A | 18 min | $52,321 |
| Peoria | 40% | C | A | 18 min | $59,410 |
| Peoria Heights | 7% | B− | A− | 17 min | $60,099 |
| Medina Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $124,087 |
| Fondulac Township | under 2% | B | A | 21 min | $74,478 |
| Kickapoo Township | under 2% | A− | C | 21 min | $112,391 |
| Spring Bay Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $75,846 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richwoods 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 Richwoods Township: questions
What is the median household income in Richwoods Township?
$60,099 (±$7,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richwoods Township?
8.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richwoods Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richwoods Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Richwoods Township walkable?
Richwoods Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richwoods Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 52% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richwoods Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richwoods 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.