Photo: Bnperdue2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Virgil Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Virgil Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. 404 jobs are based in Virgil Township, and 994 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Virgil Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Virgil Township apart on work
How Virgil Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($114,063, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Virgil 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, Virgil Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Virgil Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Virgil Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 708 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.
Virgil Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 974 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Virgil Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Virgil Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Virgil Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Virgil Township, 2014 → 2024: 406 → 404. 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 Virgil Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Virgil Township’s workers travel
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.
Driving is how Virgil Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 926 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.0% of Virgil Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Virgil Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Virgil Township is 747th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 745 | Riley Township MI | 2,028 | $95K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| 746 | Wright-Patterson AFB OH | 1,508 | $90K | 7.0% | 10.8% | 1% | A− |
| 747 | Virgil Township IL | 1,924 | $114K | 9.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 748 | Lakewood Township MN | 2,345 | $111K | 5.3% | 3.0% | 2% | A− |
| 749 | Windsor Township PA | 2,585 | $99K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Virgil Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Virgil Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Virgil Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Township | – | A− | B | 27 min | $114,063 |
| Campton Township | under 2% | A | B | 32 min | $181,066 |
| Kaneville Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 35 min | $132,750 |
| Cortland Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $99,292 |
| Lily Lake | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 32 min | $140,313 |
| Burlington Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 29 min | $123,836 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Virgil 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 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 Virgil Township: questions
What is the median household income in Virgil Township?
$114,063 (±$22,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Virgil Township?
9.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Virgil Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Virgil Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (7%, 45 mi), Aurora (5%, 18 mi), St. Charles (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Virgil Township walkable?
Virgil Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Virgil Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Virgil Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Virgil Township
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.