St. Francis Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
215 jobs are based in St. Francis Township for 604 working residents. St. Francis Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in St. Francis Township: the figures worth knowing
St. Francis Township and Effingham trade workers both ways
Effingham is the top workplace for St. Francis Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in St. Francis Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from St. Francis Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 77 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 604 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why St. Francis Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, St. Francis Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds St. Francis Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: St. Francis 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, St. Francis Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
34% of working residents work in Effingham
Where St. Francis Township clocks in
34% of workers
4% 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.
Time on the road from St. Francis Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Francis Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 562 commuters (the 8% 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.
A workday in St. Francis Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 596 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in St. Francis Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in St. Francis Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Francis Township, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 215. 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. Francis Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far St. Francis Township’s workers travel
About 28% 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. Francis Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Francis Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place St. Francis 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 612 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). 2.1% of St. Francis Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of St. Francis Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, St. Francis Township comes 821st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 819 | Poncha Springs CO | 1,393 | $97K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 820 | Cascade-Chipita Park CO | 1,412 | $120K | 8.8% | 15.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 821 | St. Francis Township IL | 1,164 | $82K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 822 | Walnut Township IN | 1,369 | $79K | 4.5% | 9.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 823 | Bethany Township MI | 1,291 | $80K | 3.8% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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. Francis Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 20% of St. Francis Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Teutopolis (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Francis Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Township | – | B+ | C− | 18 min | $81,607 |
| Teutopolis Township | under 1% | A− | B | 16 min | $106,786 |
| Bishop Township | under 1% | B− | B | 23 min | $84,231 |
| Grove Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Teutopolis | 19% | A | B+ | 16 min | $115,938 |
| Spring Point Township | under 1% | B+ | C | 36 min | $90,430 |
| Watson Township | 1% | B− | D | 18 min | $77,209 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Francis 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. Francis Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Francis Township?
$81,607 (±$13,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Francis Township?
2.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Francis Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Francis Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Effingham (34%, 7 mi), Teutopolis (19%, 4 mi), Springfield (4%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Francis Township walkable?
St. Francis Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Francis Township without a car?
<1% 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 St. Francis Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Francis 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.