Most of Wallace Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Wallace Township has 96 jobs, and 254 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Wallace Township itself; outside it, Ottawa draws the most (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wallace Township and work: the main findings
Wallace Township and Ottawa trade workers both ways
Ottawa is the top workplace for Wallace Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Wallace Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
Commutes from Wallace Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 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 254 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Wallace Township’s working residents head each day
Where Wallace Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Miles to work from Wallace Township
About 36% 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.
Time on the road from Wallace Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wallace Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 2% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Wallace Township
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Wallace 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Wallace Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wallace Township, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 96. 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 Wallace Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wallace Township and its neighbors: 22% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wallace Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $102,917 |
| Ottawa Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 19 min | $70,008 |
| Ottawa | 20% | C | B− | 23 min | $71,413 |
| Dayton Township | 2% | C | C+ | 20 min | $76,042 |
| Waltham Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waltham Township and Freedom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ottawa. Darker towns draw more of Wallace 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 Wallace Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wallace Township?
$102,917 (±$49,665) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wallace Township?
4.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wallace Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wallace Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (20%, 5 mi), Peru (7%, 14 mi), Chicago (6%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wallace 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 Wallace Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wallace 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.