There are 1.9 jobs in Rose Township for every working resident, and 1,392 people commute in
Employers in Rose Township report 1,511 jobs, against 813 working residents. Rose Township grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rose Township, in brief
Rose Township and Shelbyville trade workers both ways
Shelbyville is the top workplace for Rose Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Rose Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Rose Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 130 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 813 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Rose Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rose Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Rose Township’s grade up (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Rose 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, Rose Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The towns that send workers to Rose Township
Where Rose Township clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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 daily trip from Rose Township: about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 858 commuters (the 8% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Rose Township
On a workday 694 residents head out to work and 119 work right here.
About 2,600 people are in Rose Township on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
In Rose Township, 57% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,727 → 1,511. 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 Rose Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Rose Township commutes
About 30% 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.
In Rose Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rose Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 928 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). 9.4% of Rose Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rose Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rose Township next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 3,210th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,208 | Bradford OH | 1,814 | $64K | 14.7% | 1.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,209 | Hennessey OK | 2,207 | $70K | 16.3% | 3.0% | 29% | C |
| 3,210 | Rose Township IL | 1,883 | $66K | 10.3% | 4.1% | 15% | C |
| 3,211 | Boone Township IN | 1,378 | $62K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 8% | C |
| 3,212 | Randolph ME | 1,780 | $67K | 15.7% | 2.5% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Rose Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Rose Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rose Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Township | – | C | C+ | 11 min | $65,658 |
| Tower Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Lakewood Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Shelbyville Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tower Hill Township, Lakewood Township and Ridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Shelbyville Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rose 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 Rose Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Township?
$65,658 (±$5,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Township?
10.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Township?
11 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelbyville (29%, 4 mi), Decatur (6%, 32 mi), Mattoon (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rose Township walkable?
Rose Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rose Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rose Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose 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.