Tyrone Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Tyrone Township are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. Employers in Tyrone Township report 561 jobs, against 1,806 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Tyrone Township
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Tyrone Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tyrone Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #732 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Tyrone Township’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,878, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tyrone Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Tyrone Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Tyrone Township
On a workday 1,621 residents head out to work, 185 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Tyrone Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
11% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Tyrone Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Tyrone Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyrone Township, 2013 → 2023: 701 → 561. 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 Tyrone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Tyrone Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tyrone Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,654 commuters (the 8% 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.
In Tyrone Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tyrone Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #654 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,790 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). 5.5% of Tyrone Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tyrone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Tyrone Township is 3,495th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,493 | Paris AR | 3,357 | $51K | 18.9% | 5.0% | 25% | D |
| 3,494 | Mount Gilead OH | 3,575 | $45K | 17.7% | 6.8% | 12% | D |
| 3,495 | Tyrone Township IL | 4,582 | $51K | 15.7% | 7.0% | 10% | D |
| 3,496 | Jackson Township OH | 5,048 | $51K | 14.2% | 8.8% | 20% | D |
| 3,497 | Starke FL | 5,963 | $52K | 28.7% | 4.0% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Tyrone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Tyrone Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tyrone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Township | – | D | C | 27 min | $50,878 |
| Goode Township | under 2% | D | C | 33 min | $59,420 |
| Browning Township | under 2% | C− | C | 22 min | $53,125 |
| Six Mile Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 29 min | $56,437 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tyrone 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 Tyrone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tyrone Township?
$50,878 (±$6,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyrone Township?
15.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyrone Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tyrone Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (11%, 24 mi), Marion (8%, 19 mi), Christopher (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tyrone Township walkable?
Tyrone Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tyrone Township 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 Tyrone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tyrone 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. 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.