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Jobs & commute in Salem Township

Jobs and earnings in Salem Township, and the trip to work

Salem Township has 163 jobs for 155 working residents. At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, 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

163 jobs based here
Household income
$60K
median · Illinois $83K
Poverty
36.4%
Illinois 11.8%
Unemployment
0.0%
Illinois 5.8% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
26 min
Illinois 28 · U.S. 26
Work in town
7%
11 of 155 working residents
Work from home
3%
Illinois 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Salem Township

On a workday 144 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.

144live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
152work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night340
Workday340
340live here− 140head out to work+ 150come in to work= 340on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

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 commute map

14% of working residents work in Mount Carroll

ChadwickMilledgevilleLanarkMount Carroll: 21 residents work here (14%)Fulton: 8 residents work here (5%)Savanna: 14 residents work here (9%)Morrison: 3 residents work here (2%)Sterling: 3 residents work here (2%)Dixon: 4 residents work here (3%)Freeport: 9 residents work here (6%)Moline: 3 residents work here (2%)Clinton: 6 residents work here (4%)Freedom TownshipMount Carroll TownshipFairhaven TownshipSavanna TownshipWashington TownshipRock Creek-Lima TownshipSalem TownshipMount CarrollSavannaFreeportFultonClintonDixonSalem Township
1
Mount Carroll3.2 mi away
14%21
2
Savanna11.1 mi away
9%14
3
Freeport21.2 mi away
6%9
4
Salem Township (in town)right here
6%9
5
Fulton18.6 mi away
5%8
6
Clinton, IA22.7 mi away
4%6
7
Dixon27.8 mi away
3%4
8
Morrison18.3 mi away
2%3
9
Sterling22.1 mi away
2%3
10
Moline50.1 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%75
The top trips

Where Salem Township clocks in

14% of workers
3.2 mi awayMount Carroll21 Salem Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
9% of workers
11.1 mi awaySavanna14 Salem Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
21.2 mi awayFreeport9 Salem Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in Salem TownshipJobs Salem Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms4%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices96%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less16%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%33%
Over $3,333 a month47%50%

Who does it

29 or younger12%21%
30 to 5448%45%
55 and older39%34%
+151%

Jobs based in Salem Township, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 163. 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 Salem Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 26 minutes in Salem Township

A year of commuting
201 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Salem Township26 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Salem Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Salem Township gets to work
83%Drive alone
15%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 126 commuters (the 3% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Salem Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miMount Carroll: 14% · 3.2 miSavanna: 9% · 11.1 miFreeport: 6% · 21.2 miFulton: 5% · 18.6 miClinton: 4% · 22.7 miDixon: 3% · 27.8 miMorrison: 2% · 18.3 miSterling: 2% · 22.1 miMoline: 2% · 50.1 miMount Carroll 14%Savanna 9%Freeport 6%Fulton 5%Clinton 4%Salem Township
Salem TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi44 residents
39%10–24 mi59 residents
13%25–50 mi19 residents
20%Over 50 mi30 residents

About 20% 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.

Next door

Next door is work for 14% of Salem Township

Mount Carroll Township: few work hereFairhaven Township: few work hereFreedom Township: few work hereMount Carroll: 14% of workers work hereRock Creek-Lima Township: few work hereMount Carroll TownshipFairhaven TownshipFreedom TownshipMount CarrollRock Creek-Lima TownshipSalem Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Rock Creek-Lima Township25 min
Mount Carroll26 min
Salem Township26 min
Fairhaven Township26 min
Freedom Township27 min
Mount Carroll Township28 min
Mount Carroll Townshipunder 2% of Salem TownshipFairhaven Townshipunder 2% of Salem TownshipFreedom Townshipunder 2% of Salem TownshipMount Carroll14% of Salem Township works hereRock Creek-Lima Townshipunder 2% of Salem Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownSalem Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Salem Township–——26 min$60,192
Mount Carroll Townshipunder 2%CA−28 min$53,558
Fairhaven Townshipunder 2%——26 min—
Freedom Townshipunder 2%——27 min—
Mount Carroll14%C−A−26 min$58,500
Rock Creek-Lima Townshipunder 2%CB+25 min$68,056

Same-state neighbors only. Fairhaven Township and Freedom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Mount Carroll. Darker towns draw more of Salem Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Salem Township: questions

What is the median household income in Salem Township?

$60,192 (±$20,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Salem Township?

36.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Salem Township?

26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Salem Township work?

7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Carroll (14%, 3 mi), Savanna (9%, 11 mi), Freeport (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Salem 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 Salem Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Salem Township

Salem Township home →
26min commute
HandbookGetting around Salem TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in ILShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.