St. Rose Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for St. Rose Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 394 jobs are based in St. Rose Township, and 727 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, St. Rose Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets St. Rose Township apart on work
Where St. Rose Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, St. Rose Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds St. Rose Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: St. Rose 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. Rose Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Goods, not services: 47% of the jobs in St. Rose Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Rose Township, 2013 → 2023: 329 → 394. 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. Rose Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes St. Rose Township
On a workday 650 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in St. Rose Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
8% of working residents work in Breese
Where St. Rose Township clocks in
8% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Rose Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 742 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from St. Rose Township
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.
The commute in St. Rose Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Rose Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% 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 782 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). 0.5% of St. Rose Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of St. Rose Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
688th of 6,308: where St. Rose Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 32 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 35 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 40 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
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| 686 | Lakesite TN | 1,980 | $96K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 1% | A− |
| 687 | Scotland CT | 1,591 | $100K | 4.8% | 2.8% | 6% | A− |
| 688 | St. Rose Township IL | 1,467 | $107K | 4.3% | 1.4% | 11% | A− |
| 689 | Langola Township MN | 1,025 | $114K | 5.4% | 2.8% | <1% | A− |
| 690 | Perry Park CO | 1,570 | $158K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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. Rose Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to St. Rose Township
The biggest share goes to Wheatfield Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Rose Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Rose Township | – | A− | C+ | 25 min | $107,458 |
| Wheatfield Township | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Helvetia Township | under 2% | A− | C | 30 min | $84,590 |
| Burgess Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 29 min | $65,461 |
| Breese Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $87,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wheatfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Rose 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. Rose Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Rose Township?
$107,458 (±$15,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Rose Township?
4.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Rose Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Rose Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breese (8%, 6 mi), St. Rose (7%, 1 mi), Highland (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Rose Township walkable?
St. Rose Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Rose Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Rose Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Rose 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.