Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of St. Anne Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
St. Anne Township has 396 jobs, against 920 working residents. The two grades for St. Anne Township are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten work in St. Anne Township; the top destination outside it is Kankakee (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in St. Anne Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Anne Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds St. Anne Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Anne Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
In and out of St. Anne Township on a workday
On a workday 821 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in St. Anne Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The towns that employ St. Anne Township’s residents
Where St. Anne Township clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in St. Anne Township: what the 396 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Anne Township, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 396. 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 St. Anne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from St. Anne Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Anne Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 963 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 St. Anne Township commutes
About 29% 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.
For most of St. Anne Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Anne Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,072 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). 3.1% of St. Anne Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Anne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600, St. Anne Township comes 1,888th 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,886 | Wabasso FL | 1,467 | $59K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,887 | Osceola IN | 2,586 | $67K | 14.5% | 3.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,888 | St. Anne Township IL | 1,944 | $90K | 3.1% | 7.9% | 11% | B− |
| 1,889 | Union Township IN | 1,426 | $81K | 6.4% | 4.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,890 | Barton Township IN | 1,480 | $63K | 3.2% | 1.4% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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 St. Anne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around St. Anne Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Anne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne Township | – | B− | B+ | 27 min | $90,000 |
| Pembroke Township | under 2% | D | D | 36 min | $32,153 |
| Aroma Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $74,740 |
| Beaverville Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Ganeer Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 25 min | $65,208 |
| Papineau Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaverville Township and Papineau Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Anne 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 St. Anne Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Anne Township?
$90,000 (±$18,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Anne Township?
3.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Anne Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Anne Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kankakee (13%, 9 mi), St. Anne (9%, 2 mi), Chicago (8%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Anne Township walkable?
St. Anne Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Anne Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Anne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Anne 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.