Dahlgren Township’s household incomes are lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Dahlgren Township for work; outside it, Mount Vernon is the main destination (23%, 16 miles). Poverty touches 9.4% of residents, against 11.8% across Illinois. Jobs and income earn Dahlgren Township C; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dahlgren Township and work: the main findings
Dahlgren Township makes and builds things
81% of the jobs based in Dahlgren Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dahlgren Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Dahlgren Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
84% of the jobs based in Dahlgren Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Dahlgren Township residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Dahlgren Township. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 458 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Dahlgren Township
On income, poverty and job access, Dahlgren Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dahlgren Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.1%) is left out: Dahlgren 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, Dahlgren Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Factories, building and farms: 81% of the jobs in Dahlgren Township
505 jobs are based in Dahlgren Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dahlgren Township, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 505. 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 Dahlgren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Dahlgren Township
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Dahlgren Township to work: where people go
Where Dahlgren Township clocks in
23% of workers
14% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dahlgren Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 490 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.
The commute from Dahlgren Township, by distance
About 19% 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.
For most of Dahlgren Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dahlgren Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dahlgren 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 535 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). 3.5% of Dahlgren Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Dahlgren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Dahlgren Township ranks: 2,290th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,288 | Sandy Springs SC | 1,105 | $71K | 32.7% | 5.6% | <1% | C |
| 2,289 | Eden Valley MN | 1,062 | $68K | 12.5% | 0.0% | 5% | C |
| 2,290 | Dahlgren Township IL | 1,124 | $67K | 9.4% | 11.1% | 9% | C |
| 2,291 | Roseville Township IL | 1,116 | $59K | 9.3% | 3.1% | 5% | C |
| 2,292 | Owen Township IN | 1,021 | $57K | 9.2% | 3.6% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Dahlgren Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Dahlgren Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dahlgren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlgren Township | – | C | D | 26 min | $66,641 |
| Crouch Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| South Crouch Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Pendleton Township | under 2% | D | C− | 22 min | $58,056 |
| Knight Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Four Mile Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Moores Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Crouch Township, South Crouch Township, Knight Prairie Township, Four Mile Township and Moores Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dahlgren 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 Dahlgren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dahlgren Township?
$66,641 (±$7,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dahlgren Township?
9.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dahlgren Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dahlgren Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (23%, 16 mi), McLeansboro (14%, 10 mi), Dahlgren (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dahlgren Township walkable?
Dahlgren Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dahlgren Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dahlgren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dahlgren 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.