Photo: User:Onemessedzebra · Public domainMost of St. Joseph Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. St. Joseph Township has 673 jobs, and 2,522 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income St. Joseph Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in St. Joseph Township
St. Joseph Township is a place people come home to
There are 673 jobs based in St. Joseph Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Joseph Township has about 3,600 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of St. Joseph Township works in Champaign
745 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Champaign, 11 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in St. Joseph Township itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside St. Joseph Township
65% of St. Joseph Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in St. Joseph Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in St. Joseph Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds St. Joseph Township’s grade up ($116,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Joseph Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
St. Joseph Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,316 residents head out to work, 206 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in St. Joseph Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
30% of working residents work in Champaign
Where St. Joseph Township clocks in
30% of workers
20% 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.
What St. Joseph Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Joseph Township, 2014 → 2024: 732 → 673. 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. Joseph Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from St. Joseph Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Joseph Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,560 commuters (the 14% 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. Joseph Township, by distance
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from St. Joseph Township start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,961 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). 1.9% of St. Joseph Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Joseph Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, St. Joseph Township is 1,131st among 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 14 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 41 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,129 | Nellis AFB NV | 5,087 | $69K | 3.6% | 27.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,130 | Cave Creek AZ | 5,160 | $107K | 7.2% | 2.7% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,131 | St. Joseph Township IL | 5,436 | $116K | 5.5% | 5.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Prairie Township IN | 6,020 | $68K | 5.4% | 1.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,133 | Winterport ME | 3,838 | $98K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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. Joseph Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
St. Joseph Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Joseph Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Township | – | B+ | C | 24 min | $116,250 |
| Stanton Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Ogden Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $97,083 |
| Sidney Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 24 min | $107,222 |
| Urbana Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 16 min | $62,905 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stanton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Joseph 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. Joseph Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Joseph Township?
$116,250 (±$16,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Joseph Township?
5.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Joseph Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Joseph Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (30%, 11 mi), Urbana (20%, 7 mi), St. Joseph (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is St. Joseph Township walkable?
St. Joseph Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Joseph Township without a car?
0% 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. Joseph Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Joseph 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.