Photo: Gidonb · CC BY 3.0Most of Warren Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. Warren Township has 289 jobs, against 650 working residents. About one in ten work in Warren Township itself; outside it, Warren draws the most (11%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Warren Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 574 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Warren Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Warren Township’s working residents head each day
Where Warren Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Warren Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 289. 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 Warren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Warren Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 606 commuters (the 9% 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 far it is to work from Warren Township
About 25% 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.
Warren Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Rush Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $77,188 |
| Apple River Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Nora Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Apple River | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Rush Township | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Apple River Township, Nora Township, Apple River and Rush Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warren 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 Warren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Warren Township?
$77,188 (±$6,659) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?
8.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (11%, 2 mi), Monroe (9%, 22 mi), Freeport (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Warren 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 Warren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren 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.