Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Rooks Creek Township
Working residents average 17 minutes each way, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. Hardly any stay in Rooks Creek Township for work; outside it, Fairbury is the main destination (18%, 16 miles). Rooks Creek Township has 137 jobs for 221 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rooks Creek Township
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rooks Creek Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 12% 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.
A workday in Rooks Creek Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 221 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Rooks Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.62 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Rooks Creek Township goes to work
Where Rooks Creek Township clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
72% of the jobs in Rooks Creek Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rooks Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 139 → 137. 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 Rooks Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Rooks Creek Township commutes less than 25 miles
About 25% 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.
Work in the towns next to Rooks Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rooks Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooks Creek Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $111,989 |
| Pontiac Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Amity Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Nebraska Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $78,869 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pontiac Township: not graded. Amity Township and Pike Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rooks Creek 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 Rooks Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rooks Creek Township?
$111,989 (±$6,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rooks Creek Township?
1.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rooks Creek Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rooks Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairbury (18%, 16 mi), Pontiac (10%, 6 mi), Normal (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rooks Creek 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 Rooks Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rooks Creek 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.