Tamalco Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
26 jobs are based in Tamalco Township; 192 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Tamalco Township for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (26%, 8 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Tamalco Township by day
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Tamalco Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 people from Tamalco Township work
Where Tamalco Township clocks in
26% 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.
The kinds of work in Tamalco Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tamalco Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 26. 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 Tamalco Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Tamalco Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tamalco Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 commuters (the 0% 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 commute from Tamalco Township, by distance
About 27% 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.
Tamalco Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tamalco Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamalco Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $48,500 |
| Mills Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Irishtown Township | under 2% | D− | C | 31 min | $51,833 |
| Pleasant Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Wheatfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mills Township, Pleasant Mound Township and Wheatfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tamalco 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 Tamalco Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tamalco Township?
$48,500 (±$6,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tamalco Township?
15.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tamalco Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tamalco Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (26%, 8 mi), Highland (8%, 20 mi), Springfield (6%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tamalco 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 Tamalco Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tamalco 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.