About two in five of Twin Grove’s working residents commute to Bloomington
Twin Grove grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. For 24% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Twin Grove, in brief
Most Twin Grove residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Twin Grove
24% of Twin Grove workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 750 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Twin Grove earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Twin Grove is better than 90% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($116,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Twin Grove’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Twin Grove could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The towns that employ Twin Grove’s residents
Where Twin Grove clocks in
40% of workers
20% of workers
4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Twin Grove
About 22% 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.
Time on the road from Twin Grove: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 24% 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.
A workday in Twin Grove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 739 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 449 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Twin Grove on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
Jobs in Twin Grove: what the 460 are
460 jobs are based in Twin Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Grove, 2014 → 2024: 450 → 460. 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 Twin Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Twin Grove start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Twin Grove is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 762 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Twin Grove households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Twin Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Twin Grove places 297th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 295 | Lake Sherwood CA | 1,633 | $234K | 3.2% | 5.3% | 2% | A |
| 296 | Verandah FL | 1,900 | $121K | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| 297 | Twin Grove IL | 1,458 | $116K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 298 | Etna OH | 1,440 | $114K | 7.4% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| 299 | Gardendale TX | 1,544 | $104K | 1.5% | 0.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Twin Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door is work for 40% of Twin Grove
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Grove | – | A | D | 23 min | $116,250 |
| Dry Grove Township | under 1% | A | C | 28 min | $117,813 |
| Bloomington | 40% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
| Bloomington City Township | under 1% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bloomington. Darker towns draw more of Twin Grove’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 Twin Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Grove?
$116,250 (±$21,649) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Grove?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Grove?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Grove work?
1% work in town.
Is Twin Grove walkable?
Twin Grove is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Twin Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Grove
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.