Sciota Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
47 jobs are based in Sciota Township; 214 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Sciota Township; the top destination outside it is Macomb (33%, 9 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sciota Township, in brief
Sciota Township is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Sciota Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sciota Township has about 280 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sciota Township and Macomb trade workers both ways
Macomb is the top workplace for Sciota Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Sciota Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Sciota Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Sciota Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Sciota Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where people from Sciota Township work
Where Sciota Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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 commute of about 18 minutes in Sciota Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sciota Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 239 commuters (the 6% 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.
Goods, not services: 70% of the jobs in Sciota Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sciota Township, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 47. 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 Sciota Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Sciota Township works
About 26% 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.
The towns around Sciota Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sciota Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciota Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $69,766 |
| Walnut Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Emmet Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Point Pleasant Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Blandinsville Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walnut Grove Township, Point Pleasant Township and Blandinsville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Emmet Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sciota 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 Sciota Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sciota Township?
$69,766 (±$8,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sciota Township?
3.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sciota Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sciota Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macomb (33%, 9 mi), Colchester (6%, 12 mi), Bushnell (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sciota 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 Sciota Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sciota 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.