Jobs and earnings in Rockbridge Township, and the trip to work
422 jobs are based in Rockbridge Township for 690 working residents. The two grades for Rockbridge Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working residents average 32 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Rockbridge Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Rockbridge Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Rockbridge Township’s grade up (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Rockbridge Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rockbridge Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Rockbridge Township
On a workday 582 residents head out to work, 108 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Rockbridge Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
13% of working residents work in Greenfield
Where Rockbridge Township clocks in
9% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Rockbridge Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockbridge Township, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 422. 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 Rockbridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Rockbridge Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockbridge Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 632 commuters (the 16% 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 far Rockbridge Township’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
For most of Rockbridge Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rockbridge Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rockbridge 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 755 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). 3.1% of Rockbridge Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rockbridge Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rockbridge Township ranks: 3,162nd of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,160 | Savannah NY | 1,607 | $63K | 6.1% | 6.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 3,161 | North Collins NY | 1,252 | $67K | 13.8% | 7.6% | 9% | C+ |
| 3,162 | Rockbridge Township IL | 1,476 | $77K | 8.8% | 3.5% | 16% | C+ |
| 3,163 | Prairie Township IL | 1,204 | $68K | 8.8% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,164 | Grant Township MI | 1,795 | $87K | 10.7% | 2.4% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Rockbridge Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Rockbridge Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rockbridge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockbridge Township | – | C+ | D | 32 min | $76,731 |
| Linder Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Ruyle Township | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Rubicon Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Greenfield | 13% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Kane Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Western Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Jersey Township | under 2% | B | B− | 26 min | $74,044 |
Same-state neighbors only. Linder Township, Ruyle Township, Rubicon Township, Kane Township and Western Mound Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Greenfield: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Greenfield. Darker towns draw more of Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rockbridge Township?
$76,731 (±$10,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockbridge Township?
8.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockbridge Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockbridge Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (13%, 4 mi), Jacksonville (9%, 30 mi), Springfield (7%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rockbridge Township walkable?
Rockbridge Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rockbridge Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockbridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockbridge 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.