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Jobs & commute in South Twigg Township

South Twigg Township at work: jobs, income and the commute

0% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in South Twigg Township; the top destination outside it is McLeansboro (9%, 11 miles). South Twigg Township has 54 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves South Twigg Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

54live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday65
120live here− 54head out to work+ 0come in to work= 65on a workday

About 65 people are in South Twigg Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where South Twigg Township’s working residents head each day

Norris City: 2 residents work here (4%)McLeansboro: 5 residents work here (9%)Benton: 2 residents work here (4%)Centralia: 2 residents work here (4%)Marion: 3 residents work here (6%)Mount Vernon: 4 residents work here (7%)Chicago: 2 residents work here (4%)Hopkinsville: 2 residents work here (4%)Long Branch TownshipTate TownshipMayberry TownshipDodds Township: 3 residents work here (6%)South Flannigan TownshipSouth Twigg TownshipTwigg TownshipOlney Township: 2 residents work here (4%)McLeansboroMount VernonMarionDodds TownshipNorris CityBentonSouth Twigg Township
1
McLeansboro11 mi away
9%5
2
Mount Vernon33.3 mi away
7%4
3
Marion25.5 mi away
6%3
4
Dodds Township28.8 mi away
6%3
5
Norris City12.3 mi away
4%2
6
Benton21 mi away
4%2
7
Centralia51.5 mi away
4%2
8
Chicago273.7 mi away
4%2
9
Hopkinsville, KY95.7 mi away
4%2
10
Olney Township59.3 mi away
4%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%27
The top trips

Where South Twigg Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in South Twigg Township

Working from home
0%

of South Twigg Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How South Twigg Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 28 commuters (the 0% 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 far

Miles to work from South Twigg Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcLeansboro: 9% · 11 miMount Vernon: 7% · 33.3 miMarion: 6% · 25.5 miDodds Township: 6% · 28.8 miNorris City: 4% · 12.3 miBenton: 4% · 21 miCentralia: 4% · 51.5 miChicago: 4% · 273.7 miHopkinsville: 4% · 95.7 miOlney Township: 4% · 59.3 miMcLeansboro 9%Mount Vernon 7%Marion 6%Dodds Township 6%Norris City 4%South Twigg Township
South Twigg TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
28%10–24 mi15 residents
26%25–50 mi14 residents
43%Over 50 mi23 residents

About 43% 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.

Next door

South Twigg Township and its neighbors

Jobs & commute next door

TownSouth Twigg Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
South Twigg Township–———$95,625
Long Branch Townshipunder 4%——16 min—
South Flannigan Townshipunder 4%————
Twigg Townshipunder 4%——37 min—
Mayberry Townshipunder 4%——31 min—
Tate Townshipunder 4%——31 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Long Branch Township, South Flannigan Township, Twigg Township, Mayberry Township and Tate Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of South Twigg Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in South Twigg Township: questions

What is the median household income in South Twigg Township?

$95,625 (±$47,971) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in South Twigg Township?

11.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in South Twigg Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McLeansboro (9%, 11 mi), Mount Vernon (7%, 33 mi), Marion (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around South Twigg 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 South Twigg Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of South Twigg Township

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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.