Most of Suez Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Suez Township itself; outside it, Aledo draws the most (14%, 9 miles). 5 jobs are based in Suez Township, and 265 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 29 minutes each way; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Suez Township and work: the main findings
Suez Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 265 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Suez Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Where Suez Township’s working residents head each day
Where Suez Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 Suez Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Suez Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 5. 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 Suez Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Suez Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Suez Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Suez Township commutes less than 27 miles
About 20% 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.
Work in the towns next to Suez Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Suez Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suez Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $87,143 |
| Greene Township | under 3% | B | B | 28 min | $78,056 |
| Spring Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Ohio Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| North Henderson Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Grove Township: not graded. Ohio Grove Township and North Henderson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Suez 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 Suez Township: questions
What is the median household income in Suez Township?
$87,143 (±$32,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Suez Township?
3.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Suez Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Suez Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aledo (14%, 9 mi), Rock Island (8%, 25 mi), Moline (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Suez Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Suez Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Suez 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.