Rubicon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 11% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%). 38 jobs are based in Rubicon Township; 87 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 37 minutes each way, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Rubicon Township by day
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Rubicon Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
20% of working residents work in Greenfield
Where Rubicon Township clocks in
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Rubicon Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Rubicon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Rubicon Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rubicon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rubicon Township
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.
20% of Rubicon Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rubicon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubicon Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $67,679 |
| Athensville Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Rockbridge Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 32 min | $76,731 |
| Greenfield | 20% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Wrights Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Barr Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Athensville Township, Wrights Township and Barr 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 Rubicon 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 Rubicon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rubicon Township?
$67,679 (±$21,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rubicon Township?
24.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rubicon Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rubicon Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (20%, 4 mi), Jacksonville (7%, 23 mi), Springfield (6%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rubicon 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 Rubicon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rubicon 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.