Most of Webber Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Webber Township has 134 jobs for 887 working residents. The two grades for Webber Township are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. At home: 2% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Webber Township: the figures worth knowing
43% of Webber Township works in Mount Vernon
381 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Mount Vernon, 9.1 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Webber Township itself. The commute map ↓
Webber Township is a place people come home to
There are 134 jobs based in Webber Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Webber Township has about 1,300 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Webber Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 887 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Webber Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Webber Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Webber Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Webber 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, Webber Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
43% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Webber Township clocks in
43% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 commutes out of Webber Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 859 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Webber Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting from Webber Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Webber Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 722 commuters (the 2% 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.
The kinds of work in Webber Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Webber Township, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 134. 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 Webber Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Webber Township
About 28% 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.
Webber Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Webber Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 739 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). 0.8% of Webber Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Webber Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Webber Township next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800: 3,870th of 5,148 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,868 | Mitchell NE | 1,513 | $54K | 11.1% | 3.9% | 11% | C− |
| 3,869 | Durand WI | 1,854 | $59K | 13.5% | 4.6% | 16% | C− |
| 3,870 | Webber Township IL | 2,095 | $59K | 13.4% | 5.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,871 | Pleasant Run Township IN | 1,745 | $77K | 17.3% | 6.8% | <1% | C− |
| 3,872 | Royal Oak Township MI | 2,323 | $48K | 26.8% | 30.3% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Webber Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Webber Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Webber Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webber Township | – | C− | D | 28 min | $59,241 |
| Farrington Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Pendleton Township | under 2% | D | C− | 22 min | $58,056 |
| Four Mile Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Mount Vernon Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Farrington Township and Four Mile Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Mount Vernon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Webber 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 Webber Township: questions
What is the median household income in Webber Township?
$59,241 (±$8,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Webber Township?
13.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Webber Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Webber Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (43%, 9 mi), Centralia (3%, 23 mi), Marion (2%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Webber Township walkable?
Webber Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Webber Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Webber Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Webber 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.