Where Wrights Township earns its living
The average commute takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Hardly any stay in Wrights Township for work; outside it, Carrollton is the main destination (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Wrights Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Wrights Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Wrights Township’s residents
Where Wrights Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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: 83% of jobs based in Wrights Township
60 jobs are based in Wrights Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wrights Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 60. 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 Wrights Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Wrights Township, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wrights Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 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 commute from Wrights Township, by distance
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 Wrights Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wrights Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $76,667 |
| White Hall Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Linder Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Rubicon Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Carrollton Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Hall Township and Carrollton Township: not graded. Linder Township and Rubicon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wrights 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 Wrights Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wrights Township?
$76,667 (±$63,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wrights Township?
5.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wrights Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wrights Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (13%, 8 mi), Jerseyville (5%, 19 mi), Springfield (5%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wrights Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wrights Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wrights 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.