Most of St. Clair Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago. There are 6,158 jobs in St. Clair Township, and 14,964 of its residents work somewhere. St. Clair Township grades B for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets St. Clair Township apart on work
A lot of St. Clair Township workers cross into Missouri
21% of St. Clair Township workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, St. Louis (12%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A lot of St. Clair Township works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders St. Clair Township: Belleville (17%), O'Fallon (5%) and Fairview Heights (5%). Next door ↓
Commutes from St. Clair Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
St. Clair Township draws workers from far and wide
The 6,158 jobs in St. Clair Township are filled from a wide area. St. Clair Township’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 31%; the other 57% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind St. Clair Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Clair Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #430 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds St. Clair Township’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Clair Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
17% of working residents work in Belleville
Where St. Clair Township clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in St. Clair Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Clair Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,687 commuters (the 12% 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 daily flow of workers through St. Clair Township
On a workday 14,197 residents head out to work, 767 work right here, and 5,391 people come in from elsewhere.
About 27,000 people are in St. Clair Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
What St. Clair Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Clair Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,056 → 6,158. 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. Clair Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far St. Clair Township goes to work
About 16% 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.
St. Clair Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Clair Township is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #231 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place St. Clair 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 17,921 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 5.4% of St. Clair Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of St. Clair Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,219 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000, St. Clair Township comes 738th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 6 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
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| 18 | New Lenox IL | 28,893 | $141K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A+ |
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| 28 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 736 | La Porte TX | 37,983 | $81K | 12.2% | 5.4% | 10% | B |
| 737 | Rowland Heights CA | 45,911 | $86K | 12.4% | 6.1% | 7% | B |
| 738 | St. Clair Township IL | 35,372 | $80K | 11.7% | 4.8% | 5% | B |
| 739 | Antioch Township IL | 27,763 | $102K | 8.9% | 8.0% | 10% | B |
| 740 | South Laurel MD | 29,272 | $89K | 11.8% | 6.7% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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. Clair Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
33% of St. Clair Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Belleville (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Clair Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair Township | – | B | A− | 23 min | $80,309 |
| Belleville | 17% | C+ | A | 25 min | $63,535 |
| Swansea | 4% | B+ | B | 24 min | $91,587 |
| Stookey Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 23 min | $81,894 |
| Caseyville Township | under 2% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $87,204 |
| Smithton Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Shiloh Valley Township | under 2% | A | A− | 19 min | $104,772 |
| Shiloh | 2% | A | B+ | 25 min | $99,573 |
| O'Fallon | 5% | A | A− | 25 min | $105,982 |
| Fairview Heights | 5% | B | A− | 22 min | $80,930 |
Same-state neighbors only. Smithton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Clair 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. Clair Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Clair Township?
$80,309 (±$5,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Clair Township?
11.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Clair Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Clair Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belleville (17%, 1 mi), St. Louis (12%, 16 mi), O'Fallon (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Clair Township walkable?
St. Clair Township is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Clair Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Clair Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Clair 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.