With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Staunton Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Illinois has 16%. There are 1,207 jobs in Staunton Township, against 2,472 working residents. About one in seven work in Staunton Township; the top destination outside it is Staunton (11%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Staunton Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,173 residents head out to work, 299 work right here, and 908 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Staunton Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Commuting out of Staunton Township: the destinations
Where Staunton Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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 Staunton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Staunton Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,194 → 1,207. 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 Staunton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Staunton Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Staunton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,086 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Staunton Township to work
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Staunton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Staunton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staunton Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $59,583 |
| Mount Olive Township | under 3% | C− | D | 29 min | $62,561 |
| Walshville Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Olive Township | under 3% | B− | D | 32 min | $71,844 |
| Dorchester Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 35 min | $68,690 |
Same-state neighbors only. Walshville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Staunton 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 Staunton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Staunton Township?
$59,583 (±$10,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Staunton Township?
15.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Staunton Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Staunton Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Staunton (11%, 2 mi), Edwardsville (6%, 20 mi), Springfield (5%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Staunton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Staunton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Staunton 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.