Most of Six Mile Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Six Mile Township grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 287 jobs in Six Mile Township for 1,332 working residents. Measured by household income, Six Mile Township is behind 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Six Mile Township: the gist
Six Mile Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Six Mile Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #688 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Six Mile Township’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Six Mile Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Six Mile Township on a workday
On a workday 1,225 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Six Mile Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
15% of working residents work in Marion
Where Six Mile Township clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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 Six Mile Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Six Mile Township, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 287. 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 Six Mile Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Six Mile Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Six Mile Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,330 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many miles Six Mile Township commutes
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.
Six Mile Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Six Mile Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #717 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,473 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). 5.0% of Six Mile Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Six Mile Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Six Mile Township ranks: 3,579th of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,577 | Freeland PA | 3,811 | $58K | 24.0% | 5.2% | 4% | C− |
| 3,578 | Poteet TX | 3,010 | $49K | 17.0% | 6.4% | 8% | C− |
| 3,579 | Six Mile Township IL | 3,450 | $56K | 10.2% | 8.0% | 8% | C− |
| 3,580 | Sharpes FL | 2,840 | $70K | 22.4% | 6.2% | 2% | C− |
| 3,581 | Pinetop-Lakeside AZ | 4,149 | $61K | 9.0% | 5.7% | 18% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Six Mile Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Six Mile Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Six Mile Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six Mile Township | – | C− | C− | 29 min | $56,437 |
| Denning Township | under 2% | D | B | 24 min | $52,917 |
| Elk Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 28 min | $46,940 |
| Tyrone Township | under 2% | D | C | 27 min | $50,878 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Six Mile 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 Six Mile Township: questions
What is the median household income in Six Mile Township?
$56,437 (±$4,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Six Mile Township?
10.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Six Mile Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Six Mile Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (15%, 14 mi), Carbondale (7%, 14 mi), Mount Vernon (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Six Mile Township walkable?
Six Mile Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Six Mile Township without a car?
1% 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 Six Mile Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Six Mile 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.