Robinson, J. L., General Store · Photo: Coalfather · CC BY-SA 3.0Western Mound Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Illinois has 16%. There are 8 jobs in Western Mound Township, against 98 working residents. Hardly any work in Western Mound Township itself; outside it, Carlinville draws the most (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Western Mound Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Western Mound 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.
Where the trip to work from Western Mound Township ends
Where Western Mound Township clocks in
14% 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.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Western Mound Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Western Mound Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 8. 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 Western Mound Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Western Mound Township, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Western Mound Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 commuters (the 0% 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 distance from Western Mound Township to work
About 26% 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.
Work in the towns next to Western Mound Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Western Mound Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Mound Township | – | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Chesterfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Barr Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Bird Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Rockbridge Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 32 min | $76,731 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chesterfield Township, Barr Township and Bird Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Western Mound 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 Western Mound Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Western Mound Township?
6.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Western Mound Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Western Mound Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carlinville (14%, 12 mi), Litchfield (5%, 24 mi), Alton (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Western Mound Township 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 Western Mound Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Western Mound 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.