A job hub: Stites Township has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 470 people come in to work
Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Employers in Stites Township report 473 jobs for 184 working residents. Only 2% work in Stites Township; the top destination outside it is St. Louis (18%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Stites Township
On a workday 181 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 920 people are in Stites Township on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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.
Where Stites Township’s workers come from
Where Stites Township clocks in
18% of workers
11% 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 Stites Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stites Township, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 473. 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 Stites Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Stites Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stites Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 192 commuters (the 21% 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 Stites Township to work
About 17% 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.
11% of Stites Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stites Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stites Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $30,673 |
| East St. Louis | 11% | C− | A | 23 min | $35,700 |
| East St. Louis Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Fairmont City | under 3% | B− | B− | 17 min | $48,147 |
| Canteen Township | under 3% | C− | A− | 20 min | $49,755 |
| Venice Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 20 min | $44,117 |
Same-state neighbors only. East St. Louis Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East St. Louis. Darker towns draw more of Stites 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 Stites Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stites Township?
$30,673 (±$14,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stites Township?
44.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stites Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stites Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (18%, 5 mi), East St. Louis (11%, 3 mi), Belleville (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stites Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stites Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stites 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.