Work, pay and getting to work in Sumpter Township
10% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%. For jobs and income Sumpter Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in seven work in Sumpter Township itself; outside it, Effingham draws the most (11%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Sumpter Township, in brief
How Sumpter Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Sumpter Township’s grade up ($70,556, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Sumpter Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sumpter Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Getting to work from Sumpter Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sumpter Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 804 commuters (the 10% 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 people are in Sumpter Township by day
On a workday 796 residents head out to work, 130 work right here, and 634 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Sumpter Township ends
Where Sumpter Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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 764 jobs based in Sumpter Township
764 jobs are based in Sumpter Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sumpter Township, 2013 → 2023: 797 → 764. 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 Sumpter Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Sumpter Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 23% 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.
Most trips from Sumpter Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 889 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). 9.1% of Sumpter Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sumpter Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Sumpter Township ranks: 3,542nd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,540 | Syracuse KS | 1,810 | $67K | 7.7% | 4.1% | 33% | C |
| 3,541 | Coupeville WA | 1,920 | $82K | 12.8% | 1.9% | 13% | C |
| 3,542 | Sumpter Township IL | 1,978 | $71K | 11.8% | 0.7% | 14% | C |
| 3,543 | Shingobee Township MN | 1,725 | $75K | 10.6% | 7.0% | 17% | C |
| 3,544 | Black Brook NY | 1,417 | $68K | 7.5% | 4.5% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Sumpter Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Sumpter Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sumpter Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumpter Township | – | C | B− | 21 min | $70,556 |
| Greenup Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $57,713 |
| Cottonwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Woodbury Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Neoga Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 19 min | $88,667 |
| Spring Point Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 36 min | $90,430 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cottonwood Township, Woodbury Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sumpter 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 Sumpter Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sumpter Township?
$70,556 (±$14,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sumpter Township?
11.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sumpter Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sumpter Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Effingham (11%, 19 mi), Mattoon (10%, 15 mi), Greenup (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sumpter Township walkable?
Sumpter Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sumpter Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sumpter Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sumpter 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.