Charles Wenner House · Photo: Brianmc52 · CC BY-SA 3.0Vinegar Hill Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 48% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. There are 46 jobs in Vinegar Hill Township, against 165 working residents. Only 1% stay in Vinegar Hill Township for work; outside it, Dubuque is the main destination (22%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Vinegar Hill Township
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Vinegar Hill 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.
Where Vinegar Hill Township goes to work
Where Vinegar Hill Township clocks in
22% of workers
11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 65% of the jobs in Vinegar Hill Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vinegar Hill Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 46. 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 Vinegar Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Vinegar Hill Township
of Vinegar Hill Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 48% 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.
The distance from Vinegar Hill Township to work
About 33% 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.
Around Vinegar Hill Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vinegar Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinegar Hill Township | – | — | — | — | $100,977 |
| Rawlins Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Council Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Menominee Township | under 2% | B | B− | 17 min | $90,444 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rawlins Township and Council Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vinegar Hill 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 Vinegar Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Vinegar Hill Township?
$100,977 (±$41,707) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vinegar Hill Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Vinegar Hill Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (22%, 14 mi), Galena (11%, 4 mi), East Dubuque (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vinegar Hill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vinegar Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vinegar Hill 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.