Mount Vernon draws about two in five of Dodds Township’s working residents
7% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). For jobs and income Dodds Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (C−). Measured by household income, Dodds Township is behind 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dodds Township
Commutes from Dodds 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 ↓
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 Dodds Township
The poverty rate holds Dodds Township’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,025, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dodds Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where Dodds Township goes to work
Where Dodds Township clocks in
41% of workers
2% 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.
How long Dodds Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodds Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,213 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who leaves Dodds Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 971 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 724 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 (0.76 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.
What the 778 jobs in Dodds Township are
778 jobs are based in Dodds Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodds Township, 2013 → 2023: 794 → 778. 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 Dodds Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Dodds Township commutes less than 10 miles
About 28% 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.
In Dodds Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,308 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Dodds Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dodds Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Dodds Township is 2,530th among 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,528 | La Paloma TX | 2,797 | $60K | 24.8% | 1.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,529 | Centerville TN | 3,589 | $59K | 9.6% | 1.5% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,530 | Dodds Township IL | 2,682 | $62K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,531 | Watervliet Township MI | 3,126 | $59K | 22.0% | 0.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,532 | Milan NY | 2,328 | $104K | 11.9% | 5.6% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | 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 Dodds Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 41% of Dodds Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dodds Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodds Township | – | C+ | C− | 21 min | $62,025 |
| McClellan Township | under 2% | B− | C | 22 min | $76,500 |
| Mount Vernon Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Spring Garden Township | under 2% | C− | D | 21 min | $65,750 |
| Pendleton Township | under 2% | D | C− | 22 min | $58,056 |
| Mount Vernon | 41% | C− | C+ | 14 min | $55,357 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mount Vernon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mount Vernon. Darker towns draw more of Dodds 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 Dodds Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dodds Township?
$62,025 (±$7,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dodds Township?
7.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodds Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodds Township work?
5% work in town.
Is Dodds Township walkable?
Dodds Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dodds Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dodds Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodds 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. 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.