Most of Steuben Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Steuben Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. There are 79 jobs in Steuben Township, and 493 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Steuben Township; the top destination outside it is Peoria (20%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Steuben Township
What’s behind Steuben Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Steuben Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Steuben Township’s grade up (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($66,477, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Steuben 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, Steuben Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
A workday in Steuben Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Steuben Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The towns that employ Steuben Township’s residents
Where Steuben Township clocks in
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Steuben Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steuben Township, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 79. 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 Steuben Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Steuben Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steuben Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 471 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far it is to work from Steuben Township
About 29% 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.
Getting around Steuben Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Steuben Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 518 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). 2.0% of Steuben Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Steuben Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Steuben Township is 1,638th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,636 | Bent Creek NC | 1,384 | $72K | 15.6% | 12.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,637 | Gnadenhutten OH | 1,215 | $65K | 7.9% | 2.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,638 | Steuben Township IL | 1,089 | $66K | 8.8% | 2.3% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,639 | Dixmont ME | 1,215 | $76K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,640 | Wise Township MI | 1,385 | $68K | 8.4% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Steuben Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Steuben Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steuben Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben Township | – | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $66,477 |
| Lacon Township | under 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $69,340 |
| Whitefield Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| La Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Chillicothe Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 21 min | $69,036 |
| Henry Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whitefield Township and La Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Henry Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Steuben 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 Steuben Township: questions
What is the median household income in Steuben Township?
$66,477 (±$15,584) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steuben Township?
8.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steuben Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steuben Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (20%, 20 mi), Chillicothe (5%, 7 mi), Lacon (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Steuben Township walkable?
Steuben Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Steuben Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steuben Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steuben 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.