With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rosefield Township works elsewhere
59 jobs are based in Rosefield Township; 529 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Rosefield Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (C+). Hardly any stay in Rosefield Township for work; outside it, Peoria is the main destination (34%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Rosefield Township apart on work
Rosefield Township is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Rosefield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rosefield Township has about 730 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Rosefield Township works in Peoria
179 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Peoria, 10 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Rosefield Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Rosefield Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 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 529 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Rosefield Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Rosefield 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, Rosefield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in Rosefield Township by day
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Rosefield Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Rosefield Township commutes to
Where Rosefield Township clocks in
4% 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Rosefield Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosefield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 364 commuters (the 11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Rosefield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosefield Township, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 59. 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 Rosefield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Rosefield Township, by distance
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.
Most of Rosefield Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 408 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Rosefield Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Rosefield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rosefield Township is 456th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 454 | Wye MT | 1,055 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.3% | 5% | A− |
| 455 | Brandywine Bay NC | 1,313 | $105K | 1.2% | 12.1% | 0% | A− |
| 456 | Rosefield Township IL | 1,204 | $85K | 3.2% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 457 | Decoria Township MN | 1,100 | $124K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| 458 | Bridgeton Township PA | 1,228 | $82K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Rosefield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Rosefield Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosefield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosefield Township | – | A− | C+ | 21 min | $84,821 |
| Kickapoo Township | under 2% | A− | C | 21 min | $112,391 |
| Elmwood Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $90,649 |
| Logan Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 23 min | $73,341 |
| Jubilee Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $125,347 |
| Radnor Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 19 min | $178,586 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosefield 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 Rosefield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rosefield Township?
$84,821 (±$44,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosefield Township?
3.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosefield Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosefield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (34%, 10 mi), East Peoria (4%, 15 mi), Chicago (4%, 134 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosefield Township walkable?
Rosefield Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosefield Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosefield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosefield 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.