Most of Sargent Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Illinois 16%). Sargent Township has 19 jobs, against 97 working residents. Only 2% stay in Sargent Township for work; outside it, Mattoon is the main destination (7%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Sargent Township
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Sargent Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 towns that employ Sargent Township’s residents
Where Sargent Township clocks in
7% of workers
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.
37% of the jobs in Sargent Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sargent Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 19. 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 Sargent Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Sargent Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sargent Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 commuters (the 0% 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 Sargent Township’s workers travel
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.
Sargent Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sargent Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $180,074 |
| Bowdre Township | under 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| East Oakland Township | under 4% | D | B+ | 26 min | $52,188 |
| Newman Township | under 4% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Embarrass Township | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Morgan Township | under 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bowdre Township, Embarrass Township and Morgan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Newman Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sargent 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 Sargent Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sargent Township?
$180,074 (±$28,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sargent Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sargent Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sargent Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mattoon (7%, 24 mi), Champaign (7%, 30 mi), Newman (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sargent Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sargent Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sargent 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.