Sheridan Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 1% stay in Sheridan Township for work; outside it, Lincoln is the main destination (17%, 9 miles). Employers in Sheridan Township report 59 jobs for 163 working residents. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Sheridan Township by day
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Sheridan Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Sheridan Township goes to work
Where Sheridan Township clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
In Sheridan Township, 49% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheridan Township, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 59. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sheridan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sheridan Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheridan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 214 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Sheridan Township, by distance
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Sheridan Township
The biggest share goes to West Lincoln Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheridan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $101,125 |
| Mason City Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Corwin Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| West Lincoln Township | 4% | B− | B+ | 17 min | $59,914 |
| Prairie Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mason City Township: not graded. Corwin Township and Prairie Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sheridan 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 2024, 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 Sheridan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sheridan Township?
$101,125 (±$11,910) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheridan Township?
5.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheridan Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheridan Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (17%, 9 mi), Springfield (15%, 27 mi), Orvil Township (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sheridan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheridan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheridan Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.