For more than half of its working residents, Riverside Township is a commute to Quincy
Only 2% stay in Riverside Township for work; outside it, Quincy is the main destination (53%, 5 miles). For jobs and income Riverside Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Riverside Township: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Riverside Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Riverside Township residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Riverside Township is a place people come home to
There are 235 jobs based in Riverside Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Riverside Township has about 1,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 Riverside Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Riverside Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Riverside 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, Riverside Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
From Riverside Township, about 13 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverside Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 901 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Riverside Township commutes less than 4 miles
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.
How a workday changes Riverside Township
On a workday 996 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Riverside Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Riverside Township to work: where people go
Where Riverside Township clocks in
53% of workers
3% 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.
Goods, not services: 56% of the jobs in Riverside Township
235 jobs are based in Riverside Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside Township, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 235. 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 Riverside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Riverside Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 953 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). 1.2% of Riverside Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riverside Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Riverside Township places 1,477th of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,475 | Inez TX | 2,031 | $83K | 5.7% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,476 | Leelanau Township MI | 2,109 | $119K | 4.3% | 0.0% | 28% | B |
| 1,477 | Riverside Township IL | 1,982 | $81K | 5.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,478 | Truro MA | 2,483 | $119K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 18% | B |
| 1,479 | Francestown NH | 1,658 | $104K | 8.2% | 3.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Riverside Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Riverside Township and its neighbors: 66% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Township | – | B | C | 13 min | $80,859 |
| Quincy | 53% | C | A− | 14 min | $56,480 |
| Quincy Township | under 1% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Ellington Township | 11% | A | D− | 15 min | $105,901 |
| Ursa Township | under 1% | C+ | D | 21 min | $67,083 |
| Melrose Township | 2% | B | D | 16 min | $84,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Quincy Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Quincy. Darker towns draw more of Riverside 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 Riverside Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riverside Township?
$80,859 (±$10,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverside Township?
5.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverside Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverside Township work?
2% work in town.
Is Riverside Township walkable?
Riverside Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverside Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside 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.