Photo: Stevedrone91 · CC BY-SA 4.0How Dixon Township works: jobs, income and commuting
The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. About one in four stay in Dixon Township for work; outside it, Dixon is the main destination (28%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Dixon Township in brief
Dixon Township and Dixon trade workers both ways
Dixon is the top workplace for Dixon Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Dixon Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dixon Township trades workers with the towns around it
Dixon Township has about as many jobs (6,628) as working residents (7,285), but they are mostly different people: 5,360 residents leave for work each day while 4,703 people come in. Only 29% of the jobs in Dixon Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Dixon Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
The towns that employ Dixon Township’s residents
Where Dixon Township clocks in
28% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 daily commute in and out of Dixon Township
On a workday 5,360 residents head out to work, 1,925 work right here, and 4,703 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Dixon Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dixon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,674 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.
Where in the region Dixon Township works
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.
What work there is in Dixon Township: 6,628 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dixon Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,260 → 6,628. 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 Dixon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Dixon Township
The biggest share goes to Palmyra Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dixon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $64,245 |
| Grand Detour Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| South Dixon Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Palmyra Township | 1% | B− | C+ | 18 min | $93,689 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Detour Township, South Dixon Township and Taylor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dixon 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 Dixon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dixon Township?
$64,245 (±$5,518) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dixon Township?
15.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dixon Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dixon Township work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dixon (28%, 2 mi), Sterling (7%, 13 mi), Chicago (5%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dixon Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dixon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dixon 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.