Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Wall Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Wall Township for work; outside it, Gibson City is the main destination (14%, 12 miles). Wall Township has 8 jobs, against 83 working residents. 1% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Wall Township
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Wall Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Out of Wall Township to work: where people go
Where Wall Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Wall Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wall Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 8. 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 Wall Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Wall Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wall Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 1% 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.
Wall Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
The towns around Wall Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wall Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Township | – | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Loda Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $94,464 |
| Patton Township | under 3% | B | B | 26 min | $66,750 |
| Peach Orchard Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lyman Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peach Orchard Township and Lyman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wall 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 Wall Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wall Township?
1.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wall Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wall Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gibson City (14%, 12 mi), Paxton (8%, 7 mi), Champaign (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wall 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 Wall Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wall 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.