With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Vance Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. Employers in Vance Township report 61 jobs, and 355 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Vance Township; the top destination outside it is Champaign (13%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Vance Township apart
Vance Township is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Vance Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vance Township has about 680 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Vance Township by day
On a workday 349 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Vance Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
How many miles Vance Township commutes
About 30% 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.
Commuting out of Vance Township: the destinations
Where Vance Township clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
Vance Township works in goods: 46% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vance Township, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 61. 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 Vance Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Vance Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vance Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 438 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.
Work in the towns next to Vance Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vance Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vance Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $62,500 |
| Catlin Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $77,194 |
| Oakwood Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $57,188 |
| South Homer Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 25 min | $84,063 |
| Jamaica Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Sidell Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jamaica Township and Sidell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vance 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 Vance Township: questions
What is the median household income in Vance Township?
$62,500 (±$21,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vance Township?
8.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vance Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vance Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (13%, 21 mi), Danville (12%, 16 mi), Urbana (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vance 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 Vance Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vance 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.