At 2.4%, unemployment in Saratoga Township is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Saratoga Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten stay in Saratoga Township for work; outside it, Morris is the main destination (20%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Saratoga Township, in brief
Saratoga Township trades workers with the towns around it
Saratoga Township has about as many jobs (3,599) as working residents (3,141), but they are mostly different people: 2,888 residents leave for work each day while 3,346 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Saratoga Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Saratoga Township and Morris trade workers both ways
Morris is the top workplace for Saratoga Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Saratoga Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Saratoga Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Saratoga Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Saratoga Township went from 2,568 in 2013 to 3,599 in 2023, +40%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Saratoga Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Saratoga Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #230 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($81,642, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Saratoga Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,888 residents head out to work, 253 work right here, and 3,346 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 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.
Commuting out of Saratoga Township: the destinations
Where Saratoga Township clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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.
What the 3,599 jobs in Saratoga Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saratoga Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,568 → 3,599. 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 Saratoga Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Saratoga Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saratoga Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,570 commuters (the 14% 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 distance from Saratoga Township to work
About 19% 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.
Saratoga Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saratoga Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #579 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,000 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). 3.0% of Saratoga Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saratoga Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Saratoga Township is 735th among 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 11 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 733 | Peculiar MO | 6,365 | $95K | 4.9% | 4.1% | 5% | A− |
| 734 | Kirtland OH | 6,925 | $110K | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5% | A− |
| 735 | Saratoga Township IL | 6,597 | $82K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 8% | A− |
| 736 | LaFayette NY | 4,879 | $114K | 4.2% | 4.2% | 8% | A− |
| 737 | Whiskey Creek FL | 5,371 | $104K | 7.4% | 3.3% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Saratoga Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Saratoga Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saratoga Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Township | – | A− | C+ | 24 min | $81,642 |
| Aux Sable Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $109,269 |
| Nettle Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lisbon Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Morris Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 21 min | $74,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nettle Creek Township and Lisbon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saratoga 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 Saratoga Township: questions
What is the median household income in Saratoga Township?
$81,642 (±$14,008) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saratoga Township?
5.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saratoga Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saratoga Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris (20%, 3 mi), Chicago (9%, 48 mi), Joliet (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saratoga Township walkable?
Saratoga Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saratoga 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 Saratoga Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saratoga 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.