Warsaw Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWarsaw has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Jobs and income earn Warsaw C−; getting around on foot earns it C. Warsaw has 151 jobs for 592 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Warsaw, in brief
Many Warsaw workers cross into Iowa
47% of Warsaw workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Keokuk (20%) and Fort Madison (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Warsaw are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 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 592 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Warsaw’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Warsaw is better than 18% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Warsaw’s grade up (11.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (14.6%) is left out: Warsaw’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, Warsaw could be anywhere from D to C+.
20% of working residents work in Keokuk
Where Warsaw clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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.
How long Warsaw spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warsaw workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who commutes out of Warsaw, and who commutes in
On a workday 539 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Warsaw on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
What Warsaw’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 151. 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 Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Warsaw’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Warsaw is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warsaw is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Warsaw near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 625 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). 3.6% of Warsaw households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warsaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Warsaw is 4,168th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,166 | Homestead Base FL | 1,125 | $8K | 87.7% | 21.6% | <1% | C− |
| 4,167 | Roseland OH | 1,827 | $49K | 19.8% | 7.9% | 0% | C− |
| 4,168 | Warsaw IL | 1,436 | $59K | 11.8% | 14.6% | 9% | C− |
| 4,169 | Smith Center KS | 1,575 | $56K | 8.4% | 0.5% | 51% | C− |
| 4,170 | St. Francisville LA | 1,484 | $57K | 27.0% | 5.8% | 19% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Warsaw, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Warsaw
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warsaw workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warsaw | – | C− | C | 23 min | $58,750 |
| Warsaw Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Rocky Run-Wilcox Township | under 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Warsaw Township: not graded. Rocky Run-Wilcox Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warsaw’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 Warsaw: questions
What is the median household income in Warsaw?
$58,750 (±$7,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warsaw?
11.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warsaw?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warsaw work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (20%, 4 mi), Ellington Township (5%, 25 mi), Carthage (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warsaw walkable?
Warsaw is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warsaw 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 Warsaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warsaw
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.