Will Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Will Township report 175 jobs, and 966 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Will Township are A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Will Township
Will Township is a place people come home to
There are 175 jobs based in Will Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Will Township has about 1,000 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Will Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Will Township is Chicago, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (91) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Will Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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; with 966 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Will Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Will Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Will Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Will Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 945 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Will Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 in the region Will Township works
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.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Will Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 973 commuters (the 7% 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.
9% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Will Township clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
67% of the jobs in Will Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Will Township, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 175. 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 Will Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Will Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Will Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% 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 1,046 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). 3.6% of Will Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Will Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Will Township is 321st of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 37 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Darmstadt IN | 1,441 | $107K | 3.3% | 0.9% | <1% | A |
| 320 | Langhorne Manor PA | 1,467 | $138K | 10.5% | 10.8% | 4% | A |
| 321 | Will Township IL | 1,790 | $112K | 3.1% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| 322 | Queensland MD | 2,168 | $204K | 7.3% | 3.8% | 1% | A |
| 323 | Wardsville MO | 1,667 | $121K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Will Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Will Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Will Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Township | – | A | D | 34 min | $112,433 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $102,250 |
| Peotone Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Monee Township | under 2% | B− | B | 36 min | $84,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. Peotone Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Will 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 Will Township: questions
What is the median household income in Will Township?
$112,433 (±$19,806) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Will Township?
3.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Will Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Will Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (9%, 34 mi), Peotone (6%, 3 mi), University Park (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Will Township walkable?
Will Township is more walkable than 9% 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 Will Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Will Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Will 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.