With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Santa Fe Township works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Santa Fe Township for work; outside it, Centralia is the main destination (8%, 17 miles). There are 182 jobs in Santa Fe Township, against 513 working residents. For jobs and income Santa Fe Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Santa Fe Township
The poverty rate holds Santa Fe Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Santa Fe 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, Santa Fe Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Santa Fe Township by day and by night
On a workday 505 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Santa Fe Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Commuting out of Santa Fe Township: the destinations
Where Santa Fe Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
43% of the jobs in Santa Fe Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Fe Township, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 182. 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 Santa Fe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Santa Fe Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Fe Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 655 commuters (the 13% 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 Santa Fe Township
About 21% 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.
Few in Santa Fe Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 752 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). 1.4% of Santa Fe Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Santa Fe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Santa Fe Township is 669th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 667 | Waukechon WI | 1,034 | $102K | 6.5% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 668 | Grass Lake MI | 1,098 | $81K | 5.6% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 669 | Santa Fe Township IL | 1,215 | $89K | 2.9% | 0.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 670 | Harbison Township IN | 1,554 | $113K | 10.2% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 671 | New Marlborough MA | 1,500 | $117K | 2.5% | 3.5% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Santa Fe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Santa Fe Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Santa Fe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Township | – | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $89,079 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Covington Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Wade Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $64,191 |
| Germantown Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $96,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Township and Covington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Fe Township?
$89,079 (±$19,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Fe Township?
2.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Fe Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Santa Fe Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Centralia (8%, 17 mi), Breese (7%, 8 mi), Germantown (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Santa Fe Township walkable?
Santa Fe Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Fe 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.