There are 6.0 jobs in Dement Township for every working resident, and 1,803 people commute in
Employers in Dement Township report 1,835 jobs for 307 working residents. Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. For 13% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dement Township at work: what stands out
Dement Township fills up on a workday
Dement Township has 1,835 jobs, 6.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,500 people are in town, more than double the 950 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dement Township and Rochelle trade workers both ways
Rochelle is the top workplace for Dement Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Dement Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
52% of the jobs in Dement Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Dement Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 275 residents head out to work and 32 work right here.
About 2,500 people are in Dement Township on a workday afternoon, 160% more than live here.
6.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Dement Township
Where Dement Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Dement Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dement Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,622 → 1,835. 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 Dement Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Dement Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dement Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 319 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far it is to work from Dement Township
About 29% 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.
Bordering towns draw 31% of Dement Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dement Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dement Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $62,986 |
| Flagg Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $74,423 |
| Rochelle | 31% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $66,307 |
| Lynnville Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Malta Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $85,469 |
| Alto Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lynnville Township and Alto Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rochelle. Darker towns draw more of Dement 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 Dement Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dement Township?
$62,986 (±$24,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dement Township?
14.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dement Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dement Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochelle (31%, 5 mi), Rockford (6%, 22 mi), Chicago (6%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dement Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dement Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dement 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.