Wabash Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 133 jobs in Wabash Township for 705 working residents. Jobs and income earn Wabash Township C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wabash Township, in brief
Wabash Township is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Wabash Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wabash Township has about 1,500 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wabash Township and Marshall trade workers both ways
Marshall is the top workplace for Wabash Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Wabash Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 705 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Wabash Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Wabash Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wabash Township’s grade up ($83,431, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Wabash Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wabash Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
A workday in Wabash Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 694 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Wabash Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
22% of working residents work in Marshall
Where Wabash Township clocks in
22% of workers
13% 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.
How far Wabash Township’s workers travel
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.
In Wabash Township, 77% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wabash Township, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 133. 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 Wabash Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Wabash Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wabash Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 802 commuters (the 0% 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.
For most of Wabash Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wabash Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wabash Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 802 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). 4.1% of Wabash Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wabash Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800, Wabash Township comes 3,499th on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
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| 3,497 | Bennington Township IL | 1,542 | $71K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 16% | C |
| 3,498 | Onarga Township IL | 1,581 | $72K | 10.1% | 3.7% | 10% | C |
| 3,499 | Wabash Township IL | 2,056 | $83K | 10.7% | 2.2% | 2% | C |
| 3,500 | Kingsley MI | 1,455 | $67K | 9.2% | 4.4% | 5% | C |
| 3,501 | Washington Township IN | 1,882 | $59K | 8.5% | 3.3% | 9% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Wabash Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Wabash Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wabash Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Township | – | C | D− | 22 min | $83,431 |
| Elbridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Marshall Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Douglas Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Darwin Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elbridge Township, Douglas Township and Darwin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Marshall Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wabash 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 Wabash Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wabash Township?
$83,431 (±$29,475) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wabash Township?
10.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wabash Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wabash Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (22%, 5 mi), Terre Haute (13%, 13 mi), Casey (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wabash Township walkable?
Wabash Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wabash 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 Wabash Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wabash 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.