Fewer people are out of work in Wethersfield Township (2.3%) than in 80% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Wethersfield Township for work; outside it, Kewanee is the main destination (39%, 3 miles). Wethersfield Township grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Wethersfield Township is behind 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wethersfield Township, in brief
Wethersfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Wethersfield Township has about as many jobs (1,373) as working residents (1,471), but they are mostly different people: 1,262 residents leave for work each day while 1,164 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Wethersfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Wethersfield Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 25 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Wethersfield Township and Kewanee trade workers both ways
Kewanee is the top workplace for Wethersfield Township residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Wethersfield Township come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Wethersfield Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wethersfield Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #479 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Wethersfield Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wethersfield Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
In and out of Wethersfield Township on a workday
On a workday 1,262 residents head out to work, 209 work right here, and 1,164 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Wethersfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wethersfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,525 commuters (the 11% 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.
Commuting out of Wethersfield Township: the destinations
Where Wethersfield Township clocks in
39% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Wethersfield Township
1,373 jobs are based in Wethersfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wethersfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,561 → 1,373. 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 Wethersfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Wethersfield Township works
About 20% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Wethersfield Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wethersfield Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #309 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,707 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). 7.0% of Wethersfield Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wethersfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wethersfield Township is 2,051st among 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Lakewood IL | 4,293 | $174K | 3.5% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,049 | Le Roy NY | 4,296 | $59K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 14% | B− |
| 2,050 | Southern Shores NC | 3,110 | $131K | 0.6% | 13.2% | 6% | B− |
| 2,051 | Wethersfield Township IL | 3,695 | $62K | 6.3% | 2.3% | 14% | B− |
| 2,052 | Mechanic Falls ME | 3,286 | $70K | 9.2% | 3.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,053 | Martin Township MI | 2,721 | $72K | 7.4% | 5.8% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wethersfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Wethersfield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wethersfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wethersfield Township | – | B− | A− | 15 min | $62,149 |
| Kewanee Township | under 2% | D | B+ | 23 min | $50,528 |
| Goshen Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Elmira Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Galva Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Goshen Township and Elmira Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Galva Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wethersfield 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 Wethersfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wethersfield Township?
$62,149 (±$11,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wethersfield Township?
6.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wethersfield Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wethersfield Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kewanee (39%, 3 mi), Cambridge (3%, 15 mi), Peoria (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wethersfield Township walkable?
Wethersfield Township is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wethersfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wethersfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wethersfield 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.