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Jobs & commute in Wythe Township

Wythe Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Employers in Wythe Township report 17 jobs, against 97 working residents. Hardly any stay in Wythe Township for work; outside it, Keokuk is the main destination (21%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Wythe Township by day

On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

97live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday160
240live here− 97head out to work+ 17come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Wythe Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Wythe Township ends

Carthage: 5 residents work here (5%)Hamilton: 5 residents work here (5%)Warsaw: 10 residents work here (10%)Elk Grove Village: 2 residents work here (2%)Quincy: 2 residents work here (2%)Chicago: 5 residents work here (5%)Springfield: 3 residents work here (3%)Fort Madison: 9 residents work here (9%)Keokuk: 20 residents work here (21%)Burlington: 3 residents work here (3%)New LondonFall Creek TownshipMendon TownshipBrowning TownshipBarr TownshipChili TownshipRocky Run-Wilcox TownshipMontebello TownshipBear Creek TownshipWalker TownshipWythe TownshipKeokukWarsawFort MadisonCarthageHamiltonChicagoWythe Township
1
Keokuk, IA6.1 mi away
21%20
2
Warsaw5.3 mi away
10%10
3
Fort Madison, IA19.3 mi away
9%9
4
Carthage11.6 mi away
5%5
5
Hamilton3.9 mi away
5%5
6
Chicago216 mi away
5%5
7
Springfield96.8 mi away
3%3
8
Burlington, IA33.9 mi away
3%3
9
Elk Grove Village208.1 mi away
2%2
10
Quincy28.3 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%33
The top trips

Where Wythe Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

82% of the jobs in Wythe Township pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Wythe TownshipJobs Wythe Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%37%
Trade, transport & utilities82%19%
Services: health, schools, offices18%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less6%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month12%29%
Over $3,333 a month82%54%

Who does it

29 or younger12%18%
30 to 5429%61%
55 and older59%22%
+13%

Jobs based in Wythe Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 17. 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 Wythe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 22 minutes each way for Wythe Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
171 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Wythe Township22 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Wythe Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Wythe Township gets to work
98%Drive alone
2%Other

Share of the 226 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.

How far

The distance from Wythe Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKeokuk: 21% · 6.1 miWarsaw: 10% · 5.3 miFort Madison: 9% · 19.3 miCarthage: 5% · 11.6 miHamilton: 5% · 3.9 miChicago: 5% · 216 miSpringfield: 3% · 96.8 miBurlington: 3% · 33.9 miElk Grove Village: 2% · 208.1 miQuincy: 2% · 28.3 miKeokuk 21%Warsaw 10%Fort Madison 9%Carthage 5%Hamilton 5%Wythe Township
Wythe TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi39 residents
20%10–24 mi19 residents
14%25–50 mi13 residents
24%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 24% 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.

Next door

Wythe Township and its neighbors

Bear Creek Township: few work hereWalker Township: few work hereMontebello Township: few work hereRocky Run-Wilcox Township: few work hereBear Creek TownshipWalker TownshipMontebello TownshipRocky Run-Wilcox TownshipWythe Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Rocky Run-Wilcox Township13 min
Walker Township22 min
Wythe Township22 min
Montebello Township24 min
Bear Creek Township30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWythe Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Wythe Township–——22 min$129,122
Bear Creek Townshipunder 3%——30 min—
Walker Townshipunder 3%——22 min—
Montebello Townshipunder 3%C+D24 min$59,966
Rocky Run-Wilcox Townshipunder 3%——13 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Bear Creek Township, Walker Township and Rocky Run-Wilcox Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Wythe Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wythe Township: questions

What is the median household income in Wythe Township?

$129,122 (±$2,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wythe Township?

0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Wythe Township?

22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Wythe Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (21%, 6 mi), Warsaw (10%, 5 mi), Fort Madison (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wythe 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 Wythe Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Wythe Township

Wythe Township home →

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.