Household incomes in Dale Township are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Dale Township A; getting around on foot earns it D−. The poverty rate is 3.0%, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Only 1% work in Dale Township; the top destination outside it is Bloomington (36%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Dale Township apart
The figures behind Dale Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dale Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Dale 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, Dale Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dale Township
On a workday 528 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Dale Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Dale Township work
Where Dale Township clocks in
36% of workers
16% 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.
Dale Township works in goods: 64% of its jobs
251 jobs are based in Dale Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dale Township, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 251. 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 Dale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dale Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dale Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Dale Township
About 20% 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 Dale Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dale Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dale 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 683 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Dale Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Dale Township ranks: 171st of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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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| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| 170 | Pinewood Estates TX | 1,516 | $158K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| 171 | Dale Township IL | 1,232 | $133K | 3.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 172 | Montrose WI | 1,024 | $102K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 173 | Oxford Township MN | 1,019 | $119K | 2.9% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Dale Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 40% of Dale Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Township | – | A | D− | 24 min | $132,803 |
| Bloomington | 36% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
| Bloomington City Township | under 2% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
| Bloomington Township | under 2% | A | C− | 17 min | $111,563 |
| Allin Township | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Dry Grove Township | under 2% | A | C | 28 min | $117,813 |
| Funks Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Allin Township and Funks Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bloomington. Darker towns draw more of Dale 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 Dale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dale Township?
$132,803 (±$19,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dale Township?
3.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dale Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dale Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (36%, 8 mi), Normal (16%, 8 mi), Peoria (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dale Township walkable?
Dale Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dale Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dale 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.