Voorhies Castle · Photo: Esvobod2 · CC BY-SA 3.0Unity Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Unity Township has 108 jobs for 646 working residents. The two grades for Unity Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 2% stay in Unity Township for work; outside it, Monticello is the main destination (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Unity Township apart
Unity Township is a place people come home to
There are 108 jobs based in Unity Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Unity Township has about 860 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Unity Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (20 to 24 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 646 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Unity Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Unity Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Unity Township’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (10.7%) is left out: Unity Township’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, Unity Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Unity Township
On a workday 632 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Unity Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Unity Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Unity Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 531 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.
Where the trip to work from Unity Township ends
Where Unity Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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 Unity Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Unity Township, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 108. 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 Unity Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Unity Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
Few in Unity Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Unity Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 607 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). 3.5% of Unity Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Unity Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,032nd of 5,877: where Unity Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,030 | Bayou Country Club LA | 1,497 | $112K | 17.8% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| 2,031 | Marcus IA | 1,038 | $78K | 5.3% | 2.1% | 12% | B− |
| 2,032 | Unity Township IL | 1,395 | $81K | 6.7% | 10.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,033 | Garrett Township IL | 1,328 | $70K | 5.0% | 0.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,034 | Madison Township IN | 1,104 | $89K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Unity Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Unity Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Unity Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Township | – | B− | C | 33 min | $80,536 |
| Bement Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Garrett Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 20 min | $69,643 |
| Cerro Gordo Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 23 min | $86,193 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bement Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Unity 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 Unity Township: questions
What is the median household income in Unity Township?
$80,536 (±$17,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Unity Township?
6.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Unity Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Unity Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monticello (12%, 14 mi), Champaign (10%, 24 mi), Bement (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Unity Township walkable?
Unity Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Unity Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Unity Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Unity 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.