Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Washington Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average; the Illinois average is 28, the U.S. 26. 5,455 jobs are based in Washington Township for 11,253 working residents. Washington Township grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Washington Township and work: the main findings
Commutes from Washington 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 ↓
30% of Washington Township works in Peoria
3,361 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Peoria, 11 miles away. That’s twice as many as work in Washington Township itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Washington Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Washington Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #211 of 768 in Illinois. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Washington Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Washington Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 20 minutes each way for Washington Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Washington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,758 commuters (the 16% 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.
30% of working residents work in Peoria
Where Washington Township clocks in
11% 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.
Who works in Washington Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 9,714 residents head out to work, 1,539 work right here, and 3,916 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Washington Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Washington Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washington Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,255 → 5,455. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Washington Township
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Washington Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Washington Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #441 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 11,606 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 26% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 5.2% of Washington Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Washington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000, Washington Township ranks 497th of 1,642 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 8 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 10 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 495 | Laguna Beach CA | 22,391 | $144K | 6.1% | 5.0% | 15% | A− |
| 496 | Bridgewater Town MA | 29,309 | $113K | 4.8% | 4.7% | 7% | A− |
| 497 | Washington Township IL | 24,235 | $90K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 14% | A− |
| 498 | Jeffersontown KY | 29,193 | $82K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A− |
| 499 | Mill Creek WA | 20,902 | $124K | 6.4% | 4.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Washington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Washington Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Morton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | – | A− | B | 20 min | $89,618 |
| Fondulac Township | under 2% | B | A | 21 min | $74,478 |
| Morton | 6% | A− | B | 17 min | $94,402 |
| Morton Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Cruger Township | under 2% | A | C− | 31 min | $108,024 |
| Worth Township | under 2% | A | D | 21 min | $116,822 |
Same-state neighbors only. Morton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Washington 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 2024, 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 Washington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Washington Township?
$89,618 (±$7,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Washington Township?
6.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washington Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Washington Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (30%, 11 mi), Washington (11%, 1 mi), East Peoria (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Washington Township walkable?
Washington Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Washington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Washington Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.