With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Tate Township works elsewhere
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Tate Township has 8 jobs; 123 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Tate Township itself; outside it, Harrisburg draws the most (12%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Tate Township
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Tate Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Commuting out of Tate Township: the destinations
Where Tate Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Tate Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tate Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 8. 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 Tate Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tate Township’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tate Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 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 distance from Tate Township to work
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.
Tate Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tate Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $65,625 |
| Long Branch Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| South Flannigan Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Cave Township | under 2% | C | D | 44 min | $62,526 |
| Galatia Township | under 2% | C | C− | 25 min | $47,538 |
| South Twigg Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Long Branch Township, South Flannigan Township and South Twigg Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tate 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 Tate Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tate Township?
$65,625 (±$60,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tate Township?
14.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tate Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tate Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (12%, 11 mi), Galatia (10%, 3 mi), Eldorado (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tate 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 Tate Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tate 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.