Households in Dixmoor earn less than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 23.6% of residents, next to 11.8% across Illinois. Dixmoor grades C− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dixmoor: the figures worth knowing
Dixmoor and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Dixmoor residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Dixmoor come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dixmoor makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Dixmoor are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dixmoor residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Few Dixmoor workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Dixmoor than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Dixmoor fell from 757 in 2013 to 498 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Dixmoor pay better than its residents’ jobs
68% of the jobs based in Dixmoor pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Dixmoor residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Dixmoor. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Dixmoor
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dixmoor is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #680 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Dixmoor’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,600, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dixmoor could be anywhere from C− to B+.
30% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Dixmoor clocks in
30% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Goods, not services: 50% of the jobs in Dixmoor
498 jobs are based in Dixmoor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dixmoor, 2013 → 2023: 757 → 498. 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 Dixmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Dixmoor takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dixmoor workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,243 commuters (the 2% 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.
Dixmoor quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,027 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 479 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Dixmoor on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
Half of Dixmoor commutes less than 17 miles
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.
Dixmoor is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dixmoor is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #33 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Dixmoor 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 1,270 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 30% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 7.7% of Dixmoor households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Dixmoor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dixmoor next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000: 3,516th of 4,618 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,514 | Washington Township MO | 2,359 | $63K | 23.1% | 3.4% | 5% | C− |
| 3,515 | Westfall Township PA | 3,423 | $72K | 8.2% | 15.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,516 | Dixmoor IL | 2,951 | $45K | 23.6% | 8.3% | 2% | C− |
| 3,517 | Kingman KS | 2,884 | $49K | 10.4% | 4.4% | 38% | C− |
| 3,518 | Balcones Heights TX | 2,728 | $29K | 45.9% | 6.0% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Dixmoor, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Dixmoor and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Blue Island (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dixmoor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixmoor | – | C− | A+ | 23 min | $44,600 |
| Riverdale | under 2% | C− | A+ | 34 min | $39,833 |
| Harvey | 2% | C− | A+ | 30 min | $42,429 |
| Posen | 2% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $73,051 |
| Blue Island | 3% | C | A+ | 29 min | $59,489 |
| Thornton Township | under 2% | C | A+ | 32 min | $58,534 |
| Bremen Township | under 2% | B− | A | 32 min | $78,755 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dixmoor’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 Dixmoor: questions
What is the median household income in Dixmoor?
$44,600 (±$22,016) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dixmoor?
23.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dixmoor?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dixmoor work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (30%, 14 mi), Blue Island (3%, 2 mi), Homewood (2%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dixmoor walkable?
Dixmoor is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dixmoor without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 30% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dixmoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dixmoor
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.