Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDecatur draws about half of Whitmore Township’s working residents
10% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). Whitmore Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Working residents average 20 minutes each way, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Whitmore Township at work: what stands out
More than half of Whitmore Township works in Decatur
834 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Decatur, 6.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 7 times as many as work in Whitmore Township itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
55% of the jobs in Whitmore Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Whitmore 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 ↓
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.
What’s behind Whitmore Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Whitmore Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #599 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Whitmore Township’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Whitmore Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where Whitmore Township goes to work
Where Whitmore Township clocks in
4% 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.
66% of the jobs in Whitmore Township pay over $3,333 a month
2,139 jobs are based in Whitmore Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitmore Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,946 → 2,139. 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 Whitmore Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Whitmore Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitmore Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,530 commuters (the 10% 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.
A workday in Whitmore Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,542 residents head out to work, 123 work right here, and 2,016 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Whitmore Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 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.
Where in the region Whitmore Township works
About 23% 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.
Most trips from Whitmore Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Whitmore Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #701 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Whitmore Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,697 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). 7.5% of Whitmore Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Whitmore Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Whitmore Township is 2,774th among 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,772 | Bethel NY | 4,296 | $67K | 12.8% | 3.0% | 9% | C |
| 2,773 | Huntingdon TN | 4,462 | $52K | 20.0% | 0.6% | 32% | C |
| 2,774 | Whitmore Township IL | 4,127 | $77K | 13.6% | 7.2% | 7% | C |
| 2,775 | Deer Creek Township IN | 4,651 | $62K | 8.6% | 6.2% | 18% | C |
| 2,776 | Gibson AR | 4,167 | $66K | 10.7% | 11.3% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Whitmore Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
50% of Whitmore Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitmore Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmore Township | – | C | C− | 20 min | $76,607 |
| Oakley Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Decatur | 50% | C− | B+ | 18 min | $51,592 |
| Hickory Point Township | under 1% | C+ | B | 17 min | $58,673 |
| Friends Creek Township | under 1% | A− | D− | 25 min | $89,766 |
| Decatur Township | under 1% | D | A− | 17 min | $48,870 |
Same-state neighbors only. Oakley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Decatur. Darker towns draw more of Whitmore 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 Whitmore Township: questions
What is the median household income in Whitmore Township?
$76,607 (±$15,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitmore Township?
13.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitmore Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitmore Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Whitmore Township walkable?
Whitmore Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitmore Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitmore Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitmore 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.