Most of Stevenson Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 6% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Stevenson Township has 78 jobs for 466 working residents. Jobs and income earn Stevenson Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Stevenson Township, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Stevenson Township
On income, poverty and job access, Stevenson Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Stevenson Township’s grade up ($93,138, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Stevenson 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, Stevenson Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
In and out of Stevenson Township on a workday
On a workday 460 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Stevenson 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 2023, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in Salem
Where Stevenson Township clocks in
24% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Stevenson Township: what the 78 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stevenson Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 78. 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 Stevenson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Stevenson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stevenson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 586 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.
How many miles Stevenson Township commutes
About 28% 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.
In Stevenson Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stevenson Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Stevenson Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 623 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). 0.4% of Stevenson Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stevenson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Stevenson Township is 1,705th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,703 | Meade KS | 1,422 | $75K | 6.6% | 0.0% | 37% | C+ |
| 1,704 | Crystal Springs FL | 1,298 | $62K | 12.6% | 6.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,705 | Stevenson Township IL | 1,138 | $93K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,706 | Richland Township IN | 1,074 | $71K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,707 | Kiantone NY | 1,351 | $81K | 14.2% | 11.0% | 3% | 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 Stevenson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Stevenson Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stevenson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevenson Township | – | C+ | D− | 24 min | $93,138 |
| Iuka Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Haines Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Alma Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Salem Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 15 min | $64,865 |
Same-state neighbors only. Iuka Township, Haines Township and Alma Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stevenson 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 Stevenson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stevenson Township?
$93,138 (±$16,788) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stevenson Township?
10.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stevenson Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stevenson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (24%, 6 mi), Centralia (7%, 15 mi), Mount Vernon (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stevenson Township walkable?
Stevenson Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stevenson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stevenson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stevenson 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.