Stanton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Stanton Township has 55 jobs, against 250 working residents. Hardly any work in Stanton Township itself; outside it, Champaign draws the most (25%, 11 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Stanton Township in brief
Stanton Township and Champaign trade workers both ways
Champaign is the top workplace for Stanton Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Stanton Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stanton Township is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Stanton Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stanton Township has about 300 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Stanton Township work
Where Stanton Township clocks in
25% of workers
23% 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.
How many people are in Stanton Township by day
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Stanton Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Stanton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 55. 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 Stanton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Stanton Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stanton Township
About 21% 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.
Stanton Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to St. Joseph Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $163,158 |
| St. Joseph Township | 3% | B+ | C | 24 min | $116,250 |
| Somer Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Ogden Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $97,083 |
| Compromise Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $96,328 |
Same-state neighbors only. Somer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stanton 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 Stanton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton Township?
$163,158 (±$61,130) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton Township?
1.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (25%, 11 mi), Urbana (23%, 8 mi), St. Joseph (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stanton Township without a car?
0% 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 Stanton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton 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.