Shiloh Township draws 6,295 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Shiloh Township report 6,837 jobs, against 2,754 working residents. The two grades for Shiloh Township are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, 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
Getting to work from Shiloh Township, in brief
Commutes from Shiloh Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Shiloh Township is where the jobs are
Shiloh Township has 6,837 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 11,000 people are in town, 63% more than the 6,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Shiloh Township draws workers from far and wide
The 6,837 jobs in Shiloh Township are filled from a wide area. Shiloh Township’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 24%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Shiloh Township and Mount Vernon trade workers both ways
Mount Vernon is the top workplace for Shiloh Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Shiloh Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Shiloh Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Shiloh Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shiloh Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #629 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Shiloh Township’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shiloh Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Getting to work from Shiloh Township takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shiloh Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,849 commuters (the 8% 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.
Shiloh Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,212 residents head out to work and 542 work right here.
About 11,000 people are in Shiloh Township on a workday afternoon, 63% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Shiloh Township
Where Shiloh Township clocks in
37% 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.
The kinds of work in Shiloh Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shiloh Township, 2014 → 2024: 7,431 → 6,837. 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 Shiloh Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Shiloh Township’s workers travel
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Shiloh Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shiloh Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #688 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,108 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). 8.9% of Shiloh Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Shiloh Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Shiloh Township is 2,462nd of 3,306 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,460 | Harrietstown NY | 5,167 | $66K | 16.8% | 2.5% | 33% | C |
| 2,461 | Moraine OH | 6,627 | $49K | 22.8% | 5.0% | 9% | C |
| 2,462 | Shiloh Township IL | 6,449 | $70K | 14.2% | 6.0% | 20% | C |
| 2,463 | Jackson CA | 5,100 | $70K | 10.9% | 4.3% | 10% | C |
| 2,464 | Running Springs CA | 4,917 | $82K | 15.5% | 7.4% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Shiloh Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Shiloh Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shiloh Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh Township | – | C | C | 14 min | $70,031 |
| Mount Vernon Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Rome Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $61,964 |
| Casner Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $65,313 |
| McClellan Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $76,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mount Vernon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shiloh 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 Shiloh Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shiloh Township?
$70,031 (±$11,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shiloh Township?
14.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shiloh Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shiloh Township work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (37%, 4 mi), Dodds Township (12%, 8 mi), Marion (3%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Shiloh Township walkable?
Shiloh Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shiloh Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shiloh Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shiloh 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. 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.