Red Covered Bridge · Photo: User:Majnutl · CC BY 2.5Most of Dover Township commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 23% of workers; Illinois has 16%. Dover Township has 120 jobs, and 215 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Dover Township for work; outside it, Princeton is the main destination (29%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dover Township apart on work
Dover Township and Princeton trade workers both ways
Princeton is the top workplace for Dover Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Dover Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Commutes from Dover Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 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; with 215 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Dover Township’s working residents head each day
Where Dover Township clocks in
29% of workers
3% 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.
Half of Dover Township commutes less than 23 miles
About 37% 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.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Dover Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dover Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 23% 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 many people are in Dover Township by day
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Dover Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Dover Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dover Township, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 120. 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 Dover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns next door employ 31% of Dover Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $69,342 |
| Princeton Township | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bureau Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Ohio Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Berlin Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Princeton | 29% | C | A | 18 min | $61,946 |
Same-state neighbors only. Princeton Township: not graded. Bureau Township, Ohio Township and Berlin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Princeton. Darker towns draw more of Dover 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 Dover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dover Township?
$69,342 (±$30,477) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dover Township?
9.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dover Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dover Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (29%, 5 mi), Peoria (5%, 49 mi), LaSalle (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dover Township without a car?
0% 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 Dover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dover 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.