Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Sonora Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 8% work in Sonora Township; the top destination outside it is Keokuk (11%, 8 miles). The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. Sonora Township has 102 jobs, against 144 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sonora Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Sonora Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Commuting out of Sonora Township: the destinations
Where Sonora Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 Sonora Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sonora Township, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 102. 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 Sonora Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sonora Township, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sonora Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 21% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sonora Township
About 28% 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.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Sonora Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sonora Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonora Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $70,250 |
| Appanoose Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Rock Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Montebello Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 24 min | $59,966 |
| Nauvoo Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Nauvoo | 10% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Appanoose Township, Rock Creek Township, Nauvoo Township and Nauvoo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Nauvoo. Darker towns draw more of Sonora 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 Sonora Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sonora Township?
$70,250 (±$32,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sonora Township?
12.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sonora Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sonora Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (11%, 8 mi), Nauvoo (10%, 5 mi), Fort Madison (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sonora Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sonora Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sonora 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.