Where Scott Township earns its living
The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Scott Township itself; outside it, Champaign draws the most (37%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Scott Township and work: the main findings
Scott Township and Champaign trade workers both ways
Champaign is the top workplace for Scott Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Scott Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
55% of the jobs in Scott Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Scott Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 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 417 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Scott Township goes to work
Where Scott Township clocks in
37% of workers
18% of workers
3% 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 308 jobs in Scott Township are
308 jobs are based in Scott Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott Township, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 308. 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 Scott Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Scott Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scott Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 608 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.
Who works in Scott Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 413 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Scott Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Scott Township commutes less than 10 miles
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 to Scott Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $101,875 |
| Mahomet Township | under 2% | A | C | 20 min | $115,615 |
| Sangamon Township | under 2% | A | C | 24 min | $120,771 |
| Champaign Township | 3% | A | A− | 17 min | $100,063 |
| Colfax Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Colfax Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Champaign Township. Darker towns draw more of Scott 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 Scott Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scott Township?
$101,875 (±$59,019) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott Township?
8.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (37%, 7 mi), Urbana (18%, 11 mi), Champaign Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scott Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scott Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scott 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.