Teutopolis draws 1,884 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns. Teutopolis has 2,067 jobs, and 871 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Teutopolis are A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Teutopolis and work: the main findings
Teutopolis is where the jobs are
Teutopolis has 2,067 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,900 people are in town, 69% more than the 1,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Teutopolis makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Teutopolis are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Teutopolis residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
36% of Teutopolis works in Effingham
312 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Effingham, 3.9 miles away. That’s more than work in Teutopolis itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 871 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Teutopolis’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Teutopolis is better than 88% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Teutopolis’ grade up (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Teutopolis could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Teutopolis on a workday afternoon
On a workday 688 residents head out to work and 183 work right here.
About 2,900 people are in Teutopolis on a workday afternoon, 69% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 61% of the jobs in Teutopolis
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Teutopolis, 2013 → 2023: 1,732 → 2,067. 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 Teutopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Teutopolis: where workers come from
Where Teutopolis clocks in
36% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Teutopolis: about 16 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Teutopolis workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 853 commuters (the 13% 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.
Miles to work from Teutopolis
About 24% 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.
Getting around Teutopolis: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Teutopolis is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 986 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). 5.3% of Teutopolis households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Teutopolis’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Teutopolis ranks: 393rd of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 391 | Rockvale Township IL | 1,767 | $125K | 2.5% | 9.3% | 6% | A |
| 392 | Oakwood Hills IL | 2,046 | $110K | 2.9% | 4.4% | <1% | A |
| 393 | Teutopolis IL | 1,721 | $116K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 21% | A |
| 394 | Fredenberg Township MN | 1,426 | $125K | 2.7% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 395 | Liberty Township OH | 2,010 | $121K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Teutopolis, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Teutopolis and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Teutopolis Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Teutopolis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teutopolis | – | A | B+ | 16 min | $115,938 |
| Teutopolis Township | 2% | A− | B | 16 min | $106,786 |
| St. Francis Township | under 1% | B+ | C− | 18 min | $81,607 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Teutopolis’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 Teutopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Teutopolis?
$115,938 (±$22,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Teutopolis?
2.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Teutopolis?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Teutopolis work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Effingham (36%, 4 mi), Springfield (3%, 77 mi), Teutopolis Township (2%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Teutopolis walkable?
Teutopolis is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Teutopolis without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Teutopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Teutopolis
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.