Household incomes in Spring Garden Township trail those of 65% of U.S. towns
For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Poverty touches 16.4% of residents, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Spring Garden Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Spring Garden Township: the figures worth knowing
36% of Spring Garden Township works in Mount Vernon
250 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Mount Vernon, 11 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Spring Garden Township itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Spring Garden Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 699 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Spring Garden Township
On income, poverty and job access, Spring Garden Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #676 of 768 in Illinois. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Spring Garden Township’s grade.
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Spring Garden Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Spring Garden Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
36% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Spring Garden Township clocks in
36% 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 commute from Spring Garden Township, by distance
About 33% 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.
About 21 minutes to work from Spring Garden Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Garden Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 647 commuters (the 4% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Spring Garden Township
On a workday 658 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 980 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Spring Garden Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The jobs
1,021 jobs are based in Spring Garden Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Garden Township, 2013 → 2023: 992 → 1,021. 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 Spring Garden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Spring Garden Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Garden Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #740 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 675 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). 2.2% of Spring Garden Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Garden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Spring Garden Township is 3,566th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,564 | Northwood IA | 2,056 | $63K | 8.8% | 7.9% | 32% | C− |
| 3,565 | Oracle AZ | 3,146 | $64K | 13.4% | 3.6% | 5% | C− |
| 3,566 | Spring Garden Township IL | 2,522 | $66K | 16.4% | 7.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,567 | Pine Island Center FL | 1,834 | $68K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,568 | Attica IN | 3,290 | $69K | 16.6% | 5.5% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Spring Garden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Spring Garden Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Dodds Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Garden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Garden Township | – | C− | D | 21 min | $65,750 |
| Ewing Township | under 2% | C | C− | 25 min | $74,073 |
| Dodds Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $62,025 |
| Moores Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Elk Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Northern Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Moores Prairie Township, Elk Prairie Township and Northern Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Garden 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 Spring Garden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Garden Township?
$65,750 (±$9,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Garden Township?
16.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Garden Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Garden Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (36%, 11 mi), Ina (5%, 2 mi), Dodds Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Garden Township walkable?
Spring Garden Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Garden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Garden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Garden 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.