Wesley Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 129 jobs in Wesley Township, against 1,141 working residents. Wesley Township grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% stay in Wesley Township for work; outside it, Joliet is the main destination (10%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wesley Township and work: the main findings
Why Wesley Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Wesley Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Wesley Township’s grade. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (8.3%) is left out: Wesley Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wesley Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Wesley Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,120 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Wesley Township on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 Wesley Township goes to work
Where Wesley Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Wesley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wesley Township, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 129. 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 Wesley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wesley Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wesley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wesley 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.
In Wesley Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wesley Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 756 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.1% of Wesley Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wesley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wesley Township is 1,728th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,726 | Hart Township IN | 1,636 | $63K | 4.4% | 4.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,727 | Pine Lake WI | 2,733 | $84K | 8.4% | 1.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,728 | Wesley Township IL | 2,094 | $78K | 9.9% | 8.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,729 | Remsen IA | 1,663 | $91K | 3.0% | 5.6% | 15% | B |
| 1,730 | Worthington Hills KY | 1,593 | $74K | 14.1% | 4.4% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Wesley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Wesley Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wilmington (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wesley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Township | – | B | D | 26 min | $78,031 |
| Custer Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $121,771 |
| Custer Park | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Rockville Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Wilmington | 7% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $66,154 |
Same-state neighbors only. Custer Park and Rockville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wesley 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 Wesley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wesley Township?
$78,031 (±$11,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wesley Township?
9.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wesley Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wesley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joliet (10%, 19 mi), Chicago (7%, 45 mi), Wilmington (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wesley Township walkable?
Wesley Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wesley Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wesley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wesley 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.