Church of the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery · Photo: bogdanstepniak · CC BY 3.0Households in Warren Township have higher incomes than those in 80% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Warren Township itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (10%, 39 miles). The poverty rate is 6.2%, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Jobs and income earn Warren Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Warren Township
Warren Township trades workers with the towns around it
Warren Township has about as many jobs (29,740) as working residents (30,281), but they are mostly different people: 26,524 residents leave for work each day while 25,983 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Warren Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Warren Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Warren Township is Chicago, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (3,053) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Warren Township draws workers from far and wide
The 29,740 jobs in Warren Township are filled from a wide area. Warren Township’s own residents hold 13% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Where Warren Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warren Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #269 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Warren Township’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warren Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Warren Township by day and by night
On a workday 26,524 residents head out to work, 3,757 work right here, and 25,983 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Warren Township
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.
Where Warren Township goes to work
Where Warren Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
The 29,740 jobs based in Warren Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 28,551 → 29,740. 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.
From Warren Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 30,071 commuters (the 17% 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.
Driving is how Warren Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #326 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 36,060 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 72% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Warren Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Warren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warren Township next to U.S. towns of 46,000 to 88,000: 231st of 661 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 13 | New Trier Township IL | 56,118 | $216K | 2.9% | 4.0% | 10% | A+ |
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| 17 | Vernon Township IL | 71,353 | $146K | 6.3% | 2.4% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Ela Township IL | 46,385 | $174K | 2.7% | 4.1% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 229 | Weymouth Town MA | 59,759 | $103K | 7.7% | 4.9% | 10% | A− |
| 230 | Bellevue NE | 64,863 | $85K | 7.8% | 3.2% | 13% | A− |
| 231 | Warren Township IL | 65,343 | $104K | 6.2% | 5.7% | 12% | A− |
| 232 | Sylvania Township OH | 50,627 | $105K | 6.2% | 4.8% | 18% | A− |
| 233 | Glendora CA | 49,671 | $114K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 661 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Warren Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns next door employ 23% of Warren Township
The biggest share goes to Gurnee (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | – | A− | B+ | 27 min | $104,155 |
| Waukegan Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Avon Township | under 3% | B | A− | 30 min | $97,925 |
| Libertyville Township | 4% | A | A | 26 min | $134,398 |
| Newport Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $125,074 |
| Third Lake | under 3% | A+ | A− | 30 min | $150,139 |
| Waukegan | 8% | C+ | A− | 26 min | $71,919 |
| Grayslake | 2% | A− | A− | 27 min | $113,972 |
| Park City | under 3% | B− | B | 25 min | $60,171 |
| Gurnee | 9% | A | B+ | 27 min | $119,628 |
| Beach Park | under 3% | B | A− | 28 min | $85,664 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waukegan Township: 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?
$104,155 (±$4,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?
6.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 39 mi), Gurnee (9%, 0 mi), Waukegan (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren Township walkable?
Warren Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.