Stephen Wright House · Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Wyoming Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 8% of workers (Illinois 16%). 98 jobs are based in Wyoming Township for 553 working residents. For jobs and income Wyoming Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wyoming Township
Wyoming Township is a place people come home to
There are 98 jobs based in Wyoming Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wyoming Township has about 760 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wyoming Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 553 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wyoming Township
The poverty rate holds Wyoming Township’s grade up (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Wyoming Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wyoming Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Who commutes out of Wyoming Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 536 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Wyoming Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Getting to work from Wyoming Township takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyoming Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 521 commuters (the 8% 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 Mendota
Where Wyoming Township clocks in
4% 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.
What Wyoming Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyoming Township, 2014 → 2024: 85 → 98. 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 Wyoming Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Wyoming Township
About 27% 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 Wyoming Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 566 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). 1.3% of Wyoming Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wyoming Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wyoming Township places 1,650th of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
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| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,648 | Mars PA | 1,391 | $51K | 10.0% | 1.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,649 | Parker SD | 1,349 | $90K | 11.1% | 2.8% | 7% | B− |
| 1,650 | Wyoming Township IL | 1,212 | $69K | 7.6% | 5.9% | 3% | B− |
| 1,651 | Gibson Township PA | 1,010 | $87K | 6.7% | 4.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,652 | Palmyra Township PA | 1,257 | $72K | 4.7% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Wyoming Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Wyoming Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyoming Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Township | – | B− | C | 37 min | $68,750 |
| Paw Paw Township | under 2% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Brooklyn Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Meriden Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Paw Paw Township, Brooklyn Township and Meriden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wyoming 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 Wyoming Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wyoming Township?
$68,750 (±$10,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyoming Township?
7.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyoming Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyoming Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mendota (9%, 10 mi), Chicago (4%, 68 mi), DeKalb (3%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wyoming Township walkable?
Wyoming Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wyoming Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wyoming Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wyoming 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.