Household incomes in Walnut Township trail those of 68% of U.S. towns
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois. The poverty rate is 7.8%, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. Walnut Township grades C for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Walnut Township in brief
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 ↓
Commutes from Walnut Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Walnut Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Walnut Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Walnut Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
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 660 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Walnut Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Walnut Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Walnut Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Walnut 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, Walnut Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Walnut Township
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.
Walnut Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 629 commuters (the 6% 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.
Making and building: 43% of jobs based in Walnut Township
442 jobs are based in Walnut Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Township, 2013 → 2023: 620 → 442. 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 Walnut Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Walnut Township on a workday
On a workday 590 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Walnut Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Princeton
Where Walnut Township clocks in
8% 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.
Walnut Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walnut Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 670 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). 5.0% of Walnut Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walnut Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Walnut Township is 3,290th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,288 | West Canton NC | 1,412 | $34K | 7.9% | 6.1% | <1% | C |
| 3,289 | Dillingham AK | 2,075 | $101K | 11.1% | 6.1% | — | C |
| 3,290 | Walnut Township IL | 1,549 | $63K | 7.8% | 3.0% | 11% | C |
| 3,291 | Washington Township IN | 1,436 | $49K | 14.2% | 7.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,292 | Corinth VT | 1,482 | $89K | 12.4% | 0.8% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Walnut Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Walnut Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Township | – | C | B− | 19 min | $63,462 |
| Greenville Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bureau Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Ohio Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenville Township, Bureau Township and Ohio Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walnut 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 Walnut Township: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Township?
$63,462 (±$8,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Township?
7.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (8%, 13 mi), Walnut (7%, 1 mi), Sterling (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut Township walkable?
Walnut Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut 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.