Selby Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 315 jobs in Selby Township for 747 working residents. Selby Township grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Selby Township stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Selby Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Selby Township fell from 1,720 in 2013 to 315 in 2023, −82%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Selby Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Selby Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Selby Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 747 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Selby Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Selby Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Selby Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Selby Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
65% of the jobs in Selby Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Selby Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,720 → 315. 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 Selby Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Selby Township
About 35% 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 daily commute in and out of Selby Township
On a workday 715 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Selby Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
12% of working residents work in Peru
Where Selby Township clocks in
12% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Selby Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 945 commuters (the 4% 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.
For most of Selby Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Selby Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 980 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). 7.5% of Selby Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Selby Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Selby Township is 3,481st of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,479 | Ford Heights IL | 1,751 | $36K | 26.6% | 13.9% | 3% | C |
| 3,480 | Abbotsford WI | 2,413 | $69K | 9.5% | 9.3% | 22% | C |
| 3,481 | Selby Township IL | 2,101 | $67K | 12.5% | 6.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,482 | Essex Township MI | 1,847 | $71K | 16.6% | 4.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,483 | Lower Mifflin Township PA | 1,795 | $61K | 16.7% | 4.4% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Selby Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Selby Township
The biggest share goes to De Pue (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Selby Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selby Township | – | C | D | 25 min | $66,774 |
| Princeton Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Hall Township | under 3% | B | C | 19 min | $71,296 |
| Berlin Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Leepertown Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| De Pue | 2% | C− | D− | 28 min | $58,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Princeton Township: not graded. Berlin Township and Leepertown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Selby 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 Selby Township: questions
What is the median household income in Selby Township?
$66,774 (±$10,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Selby Township?
12.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Selby Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Selby Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (12%, 10 mi), Spring Valley (6%, 9 mi), Princeton (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Selby Township walkable?
Selby Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Selby Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Selby Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Selby 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.