Unemployment in St. Jacob Township (1.4%) is lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in St. Jacob Township; the top destination outside it is Highland (14%, 6 miles). For jobs and income St. Jacob Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Measured by household income, St. Jacob Township is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets St. Jacob Township apart on work
Income, poverty and work: St. Jacob Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Jacob Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
In and out of St. Jacob Township on a workday
On a workday 1,363 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in St. Jacob Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from St. Jacob Township work
Where St. Jacob Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
39% of the jobs in St. Jacob Township make or build things
273 jobs are based in St. Jacob Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Jacob Township, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 273. 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. Jacob Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long St. Jacob Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Jacob Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,350 commuters (the 11% 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 commute from St. Jacob Township, by distance
About 15% 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. Jacob Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,513 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.3% of St. Jacob Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of St. Jacob Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, St. Jacob Township is 209th among 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Sixteen Mile Stand OH | 3,666 | $126K | 6.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 208 | Sands Point NY | 2,764 | $250K | 3.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 209 | St. Jacob Township IL | 2,880 | $121K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 210 | Piney Mountain VA | 2,288 | $139K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 211 | Clyde Hill WA | 3,161 | $250K | 2.6% | 4.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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. Jacob Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to St. Jacob Township
The biggest share goes to Saline Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Jacob Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jacob Township | – | A+ | C | 26 min | $120,975 |
| Helvetia Township | under 3% | A− | C | 30 min | $84,590 |
| Marine Township | under 3% | A | C− | 27 min | $98,194 |
| Lebanon Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Jarvis Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 26 min | $118,443 |
| Saline Township | 3% | A | B | 25 min | $105,903 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lebanon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Jacob 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. Jacob Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Jacob Township?
$120,975 (±$12,621) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Jacob Township?
2.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Jacob Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Jacob Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Highland (14%, 6 mi), St. Louis (8%, 27 mi), Edwardsville (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Jacob Township walkable?
St. Jacob Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Jacob Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Jacob Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Jacob 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.