York Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
York Township grades C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Employers in York Township report 252 jobs for 790 working residents. For 6% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
York Township at work: what stands out
Inside York Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, York Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #699 of 768 in Illinois. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides York Township’s grade.
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: York 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, York Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
The distance from York Township to work
About 37% 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.
York Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 743 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in York Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
9% of working residents work in Savanna
Where York Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
33% of the jobs in York Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in York Township, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 252. 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 York Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from York Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of York Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 6% 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.
For most of York Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, York Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #768 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place York 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 611 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). 2.0% of York Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of York Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How York Township ranks: 3,900th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,898 | Parma Township MI | 2,670 | $74K | 16.0% | 15.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,899 | Castile NY | 2,671 | $66K | 15.9% | 4.9% | 8% | C− |
| 3,900 | York Township IL | 2,757 | $67K | 15.3% | 4.9% | 6% | C− |
| 3,901 | Wayland NY | 3,665 | $65K | 20.0% | 4.3% | 21% | C− |
| 3,902 | Valley Township OH | 3,580 | $64K | 15.3% | 2.7% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 York Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
York Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | York Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Township | – | C− | D− | 26 min | $66,528 |
| Fairhaven Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Mount Carroll Township | under 3% | C | A− | 28 min | $53,558 |
| Fulton Township | under 3% | C− | B+ | 17 min | $48,878 |
| Savanna Township | under 3% | C | B+ | 20 min | $49,955 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairhaven Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of York 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 York Township: questions
What is the median household income in York Township?
$66,528 (±$8,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in York Township?
15.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from York Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in York Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savanna (9%, 8 mi), Clinton (8%, 14 mi), Chicago (4%, 122 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is York Township walkable?
York Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around York Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from York Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of York 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.