A job hub: Dimmick Township has 4.7 jobs per working resident, and 1,521 people come in to work
Only 3% stay in Dimmick Township for work; outside it, Peru is the main destination (14%, 4 miles). <1% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). Employers in Dimmick Township report 1,531 jobs for 323 working residents. The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Dimmick Township: the gist
Dimmick Township fills up on a workday
Dimmick Township has 1,531 jobs, 4.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,900 people are in town, more than double the 740 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dimmick Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Dimmick Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dimmick Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Dimmick Township works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Dimmick Township: Peru (14%) and LaSalle (13%). Next door ↓
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 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Dimmick Township
On a workday 313 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Dimmick Township on a workday afternoon, 163% more 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 jobs make up 65% of work in Dimmick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dimmick Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,146 → 1,531. 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 Dimmick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Dimmick Township live
Where Dimmick Township clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Dimmick Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dimmick Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 388 commuters (the <1% 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 distance from Dimmick Township to work
About 35% 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.
27% of Dimmick Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dimmick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimmick Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $118,654 |
| Peru Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Troy Grove Township | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $84,917 |
| LaSalle Township | under 2% | C | B | 21 min | $61,240 |
| LaSalle | 13% | C | B+ | 20 min | $57,732 |
| Waltham Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Peru | 14% | B | B | 19 min | $74,808 |
Same-state neighbors only. Peru Township: not graded. Waltham Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Peru. Darker towns draw more of Dimmick 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 Dimmick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dimmick Township?
$118,654 (±$7,627) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dimmick Township?
0.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dimmick Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dimmick Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (14%, 4 mi), LaSalle (13%, 5 mi), Ottawa (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dimmick Township without a car?
2% 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 Dimmick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dimmick 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.