Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Rocky Run-Wilcox Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Rocky Run-Wilcox Township has 2 jobs, and 97 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Rocky Run-Wilcox Township; the top destination outside it is Keokuk (20%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute from Rocky Run-Wilcox Township lasts 13 minutes (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Rocky Run-Wilcox Township
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Rocky Run-Wilcox Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Rocky Run-Wilcox Township goes to work
Where Rocky Run-Wilcox Township clocks in
20% 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.
Rocky Run-Wilcox Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocky Run-Wilcox Township, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 2. 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 Rocky Run-Wilcox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Rocky Run-Wilcox Township: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocky Run-Wilcox Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 35% 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 Rocky Run-Wilcox Township goes to work
About 26% 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.
Rocky Run-Wilcox Township and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Warsaw (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rocky Run-Wilcox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Run-Wilcox Township | – | — | — | 13 min | $136,364 |
| Warsaw | 9% | C− | C | 23 min | $58,750 |
| Warsaw Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lima Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Wythe Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Walker Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hamilton | 7% | C | C− | 25 min | $56,895 |
| Montebello Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 24 min | $59,966 |
Same-state neighbors only. Warsaw Township: not graded. Lima Township, Wythe Township and Walker Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rocky Run-Wilcox 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 Rocky Run-Wilcox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rocky Run-Wilcox Township?
$136,364 (±$75,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocky Run-Wilcox Township?
3.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocky Run-Wilcox Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocky Run-Wilcox Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (20%, 10 mi), Warsaw (9%, 6 mi), Hamilton (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rocky Run-Wilcox Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rocky Run-Wilcox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocky Run-Wilcox 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.