Unemployment in Toulon Township (2.7%) is lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers (Illinois 16%). For jobs and income Toulon Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C). About one in seven stay in Toulon Township for work; outside it, Peoria is the main destination (15%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Toulon Township, in a few figures
What’s behind Toulon Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Toulon Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Toulon Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
How far Toulon Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Toulon Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 834 residents head out to work, 124 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Toulon Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Toulon Township commutes to
Where Toulon Township clocks in
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.
What the 682 jobs in Toulon Township are
682 jobs are based in Toulon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toulon Township, 2014 → 2024: 544 → 682. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Toulon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Toulon Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toulon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,078 commuters (the 9% 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.
Most trips from Toulon Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,187 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). 2.2% of Toulon Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Toulon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Toulon Township is 2,776th among 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,774 | Southwest Greensburg PA | 2,147 | $52K | 10.3% | 5.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,775 | Belmont Township IL | 2,362 | $73K | 14.6% | 2.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,776 | Toulon Township IL | 2,167 | $63K | 11.8% | 2.7% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,777 | Todd Township MN | 1,515 | $87K | 9.0% | 3.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,778 | Easton CA | 2,722 | $91K | 21.1% | 7.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Toulon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Toulon Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Toulon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toulon Township | – | C+ | C | 26 min | $62,500 |
| Goshen Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Essex Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Elmira Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Penn Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Goshen Township, Essex Township, Elmira Township and Penn Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Toulon 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 2024, 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 Toulon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Toulon Township?
$62,500 (±$7,281) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toulon Township?
11.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toulon Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toulon Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (15%, 26 mi), Toulon (7%, 3 mi), Wyoming (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Toulon Township walkable?
Toulon Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Toulon 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 Toulon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toulon Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.