Photo: Keybdn at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in St. Charles Township top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. 4.2% of residents are in poverty, against 11.8% across Illinois. The two grades for St. Charles Township are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in St. Charles Township: the figures worth knowing
St. Charles Township trades workers with the towns around it
St. Charles Township has about as many jobs (25,720) as working residents (25,734), but they are mostly different people: 22,356 residents leave for work each day while 22,342 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in St. Charles Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
St. Charles Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside St. Charles Township is Chicago, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (3,214) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of St. Charles Township works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders St. Charles Township: St. Charles (12%), Elgin (6%) and Geneva (5%). Next door ↓
St. Charles Township draws workers from far and wide
The 25,720 jobs in St. Charles Township are filled from a wide area. St. Charles Township’s own residents hold 13% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside St. Charles Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Charles Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #80 of 768 in Illinois. Household income is its strongest input ($128,204, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Charles Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily commute in and out of St. Charles Township
On a workday 22,356 residents head out to work, 3,378 work right here, and 22,342 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How many miles St. Charles Township commutes
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.
12% of working residents work in Chicago
Where St. Charles Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
St. Charles Township works in goods: 28% of its jobs
25,720 jobs are based in St. Charles Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Charles Township, 2014 → 2024: 23,986 → 25,720. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Charles Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Charles Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,930 commuters (the 17% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: St. Charles Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Charles Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #317 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place St. Charles Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 27,786 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of St. Charles Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of St. Charles Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Charles Township is 81st of 837 U.S. towns of 37,000 to 71,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
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| 11 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 15 | New Lenox Township IL | 45,290 | $133K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 12% | A+ |
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| 17 | Oswego IL | 39,948 | $124K | 2.6% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 79 | Violet Township OH | 50,908 | $122K | 3.4% | 3.6% | 10% | A |
| 80 | Mechanicsville VA | 38,683 | $99K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 11% | A |
| 81 | St. Charles Township IL | 52,830 | $128K | 4.2% | 3.8% | 13% | A |
| 82 | Wayne Township NJ | 54,819 | $153K | 3.4% | 4.9% | 11% | A |
| 83 | Olive Branch MS | 47,563 | $101K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 837 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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. Charles Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
27% of St. Charles Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to St. Charles (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Charles Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles Township | – | A | A− | 28 min | $128,204 |
| Campton Township | under 2% | A | B | 32 min | $181,066 |
| St. Charles | 12% | A | A− | 27 min | $114,300 |
| Elgin Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Geneva | 5% | A+ | A | 28 min | $144,341 |
| Geneva Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $141,890 |
| Campton Hills | under 2% | A | B | 34 min | $209,134 |
| South Elgin | 2% | A | B+ | 28 min | $127,203 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | A | B | 29 min | $136,513 |
| Elgin | 6% | B | A | 28 min | $90,282 |
| West Chicago | 2% | B | B+ | 26 min | $99,927 |
Same-state neighbors only. Elgin Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Charles 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 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.
Jobs and commuting in St. Charles Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Charles Township?
$128,204 (±$9,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Charles Township?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Charles Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Charles Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (12%, 34 mi), St. Charles (12%, 2 mi), Elgin (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is St. Charles Township walkable?
St. Charles Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Charles Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Charles Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Charles Township
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. 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.