Benjaminville Friends Meetinghouse and Burial Ground · Photo: See above. · CC BY 2.5Dawson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. There are 96 jobs in Dawson Township, against 247 working residents. Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dawson Township
34% of working residents work in Bloomington
Where Dawson Township clocks in
34% of workers
7% 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.
How a workday changes Dawson Township
On a workday 243 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Dawson Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Dawson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dawson Township, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 96. 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 Dawson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Dawson Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dawson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 274 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Dawson Township
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.
How Dawson Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dawson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $77,750 |
| Empire Township | under 2% | A− | C | 23 min | $87,896 |
| Old Town Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $148,516 |
| Blue Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Arrowsmith Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Mound Township and Arrowsmith Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dawson 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 Dawson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dawson Township?
$77,750 (±$17,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dawson Township?
6.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dawson Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dawson Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (34%, 12 mi), Normal (7%, 14 mi), Gibson City (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dawson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dawson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dawson 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.