Most of Illinois Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
12 jobs are based in Illinois Township for 80 working residents. Hardly any work in Illinois Township itself; outside it, Wichita draws the most (41%, 21 miles). Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Illinois Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Illinois Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where Illinois Township’s working residents head each day
Where Illinois Township clocks in
41% 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.
What Illinois Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Illinois Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 12. 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 Illinois Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Illinois Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Illinois Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 32% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Illinois Township
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.
Illinois Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Conway Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Illinois Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $135,313 |
| Ninnescah Township | under 3% | A− | C | 21 min | $85,903 |
| Conway Township | 3% | B− | B | 27 min | $73,771 |
| London Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Sumner Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. London Township and Sumner Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Illinois 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 Illinois Township: questions
What is the median household income in Illinois Township?
$135,313 (±$60,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Illinois Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Illinois Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Illinois Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (41%, 21 mi), Conway Springs (5%, 6 mi), Anthony (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Illinois 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 Illinois Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Illinois 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.