Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0Wyanet Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
3% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Employers in Wyanet Township report 216 jobs, against 537 working residents. The two grades for Wyanet Township are C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wyanet Township: the gist
Few Wyanet Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Wyanet Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Wyanet Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Wyanet Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Wyanet Township’s grade.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Wyanet Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wyanet Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How long Wyanet Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyanet Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 689 commuters (the 3% 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.
How a workday changes Wyanet Township
On a workday 516 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Wyanet Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Princeton
Where Wyanet Township clocks in
22% of workers
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.
Jobs in Wyanet Township: what the 216 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyanet Township, 2014 → 2024: 146 → 216. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wyanet Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wyanet Township
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Wyanet Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wyanet Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wyanet 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 712 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). 9.8% of Wyanet Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wyanet Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wyanet Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 2,891st of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,889 | Mancos CO | 1,266 | $66K | 10.7% | 2.4% | 19% | C− |
| 2,890 | Coon Rapids IA | 1,251 | $76K | 14.6% | 2.0% | 20% | C− |
| 2,891 | Wyanet Township IL | 1,201 | $63K | 14.2% | 2.6% | 4% | C− |
| 2,892 | Elk Township PA | 1,399 | $55K | 9.9% | 4.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,893 | Dublin Township PA | 1,193 | $68K | 10.4% | 6.4% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Wyanet Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Wyanet Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Princeton Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyanet Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyanet Township | – | C− | C+ | 23 min | $62,500 |
| Princeton Township | 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bureau Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Indiantown Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Concord Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 26 min | $66,042 |
Same-state neighbors only. Princeton Township: not graded. Bureau Township and Indiantown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wyanet 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 2024, 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 Wyanet Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wyanet Township?
$62,500 (±$15,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyanet Township?
14.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyanet Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyanet Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (22%, 6 mi), Peoria (7%, 43 mi), Wyanet (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wyanet Township walkable?
Wyanet Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wyanet Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wyanet Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wyanet Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.