Households in Tilton have lower incomes than those in 80% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 17.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois. Tilton grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Tilton
Tilton trades workers with the towns around it
Tilton has about as many jobs (1,027) as working residents (1,189), but they are mostly different people: 1,120 residents leave for work each day while 958 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Tilton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Tilton are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Tilton and Danville trade workers both ways
Danville is the top workplace for Tilton residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Tilton come from (21% of its jobs). 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.
Tilton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tilton is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #695 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Tilton’s grade up (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($55,697, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tilton could be anywhere from D to B.
How a workday changes Tilton
On a workday 1,120 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 958 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 (0.86 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.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tilton workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,122 commuters (the 6% 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.
36% of working residents work in Danville
Where Tilton clocks in
36% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 Tilton’s employers do
1,027 jobs are based in Tilton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tilton, 2013 → 2023: 809 → 1,027. 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 Tilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Tilton
About 31% 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 Tilton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tilton is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #603 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Tilton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,199 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). 6.2% of Tilton households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tilton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tilton next to U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400: 3,723rd of 4,868 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,721 | Gloverville SC | 2,505 | $52K | 15.6% | 8.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,722 | Bowdon GA | 2,298 | $65K | 18.4% | 2.7% | 6% | C− |
| 3,723 | Tilton IL | 2,537 | $56K | 17.3% | 5.9% | 6% | C− |
| 3,724 | Colfax WA | 2,667 | $62K | 15.1% | 4.1% | 27% | C− |
| 3,725 | Parsonsfield ME | 1,837 | $72K | 12.0% | 2.9% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Tilton, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
36% of Tilton works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Danville. Darker towns draw more of Tilton’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 Tilton: questions
What is the median household income in Tilton?
$55,697 (±$14,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tilton?
17.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tilton?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tilton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danville (36%, 4 mi), Danville Township (5%, 2 mi), Champaign (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tilton walkable?
Tilton is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tilton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tilton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tilton
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.