With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Dix Township works elsewhere
Dix Township has 53 jobs, against 265 working residents. Only 2% work in Dix Township itself; outside it, Gibson City draws the most (14%, 5 miles). The trip to work takes 26 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
What stands out about work in Dix Township
Who commutes out of Dix Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Dix Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Commuting out of Dix Township: the destinations
Where Dix Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
Dix Township works in goods: 85% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dix Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 53. 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 Dix Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dix Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 12% 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 Dix Township
About 26% 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.
Work in the towns next to Dix Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dix Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $51,016 |
| Peach Orchard Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| East Bend Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Drummer Township | under 2% | D | C | 17 min | $51,497 |
| Patton Township | under 2% | B | B | 26 min | $66,750 |
| Sullivant Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peach Orchard Township, East Bend Township and Sullivant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dix 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 Dix Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dix Township?
$51,016 (±$13,908) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dix Township?
35.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dix Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dix Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gibson City (14%, 5 mi), Paxton (9%, 10 mi), Champaign (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dix Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dix Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dix 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.