Wade Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
330 jobs are based in Wade Township for 822 working residents. The two grades for Wade Township are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 3% work in Wade Township; the top destination outside it is Breese (19%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wade Township apart on work
Wade Township and Breese trade workers both ways
Breese is the top workplace for Wade Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Wade Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
54% of the jobs in Wade Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Wade Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. 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 822 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Wade Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Wade Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wade Township’s grade up (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($64,191, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Wade 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, Wade Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where people from Wade Township work
Where Wade Township clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Wade Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wade Township, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 330. 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 Wade Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Wade Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wade Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 738 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.
How many people are in Wade Township by day
On a workday 801 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Wade Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The commute from Wade Township, by distance
About 15% 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.
Wade Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 846 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). 1.1% of Wade Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wade Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,158th of 5,760: where Wade Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 2,156 | Garrett Township IL | 1,328 | $70K | 5.0% | 0.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,157 | Frenchtown MT | 1,927 | $95K | 9.9% | 0.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,158 | Wade Township IL | 1,679 | $64K | 5.6% | 6.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,159 | Highland Township IN | 1,511 | $90K | 8.4% | 4.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,160 | Presque Isle Township MI | 1,725 | $94K | 5.8% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Wade Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Wade Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wade Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Township | – | B− | C− | 22 min | $64,191 |
| Santa Fe Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $89,079 |
| Breese Township | 3% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $87,194 |
| Carlyle Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $87,917 |
| Wheatfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wheatfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Breese Township. Darker towns draw more of Wade 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 Wade Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wade Township?
$64,191 (±$22,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wade Township?
5.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wade Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wade Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breese (19%, 5 mi), St. Louis (6%, 44 mi), Carlyle (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wade Township walkable?
Wade Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wade Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wade Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wade 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.