Dry Grove Township has 10.2 jobs for every working resident: 7,550 people commute in to work
Jobs & income A: better than 88% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C: more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 8% work in Dry Grove Township; the top destination outside it is Bloomington (36%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Dry Grove Township, in brief
Dry Grove Township fills up on a workday
Dry Grove Township has 7,608 jobs, 10.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,400 people are in town, 5 times the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dry Grove Township makes and builds things
90% of the jobs based in Dry Grove Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dry Grove Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Dry Grove Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Dry Grove Township went from 2,027 in 2013 to 7,608 in 2023, +275%. 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; with 743 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Dry Grove Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dry Grove Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($117,813, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Dry Grove Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dry Grove Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Dry Grove Township’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 685 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 7,550 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in Dry Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 448% more than live here.
10.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Dry Grove Township makes things: 90% of its jobs are in goods
7,608 jobs are based in Dry Grove Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dry Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dry Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,027 → 7,608. 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.
Where Dry Grove Township’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Dry Grove Township clocks in
36% of workers
21% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 28 minutes each way, about the IL average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dry Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 594 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Dry Grove Township commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Dry Grove Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dry Grove Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dry Grove Township 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 712 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 2.5% of Dry Grove Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dry Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dry Grove Township is 352nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dry Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 350 | Zane Township OH | 1,228 | $146K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 2% | A |
| 351 | Monroe Township OH | 1,297 | $110K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 352 | Dry Grove Township IL | 1,531 | $118K | 4.9% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| 353 | Silver Summit UT | 1,476 | $242K | 6.8% | 6.4% | 3% | A |
| 354 | Mendon UT | 1,326 | $148K | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
37% of Dry Grove Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Bloomington (36%). Darker towns draw more of Dry Grove Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dry Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Grove Township | – | A | C | 28 min | $117,813 |
| Bloomington | 36% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
| Bloomington City Township | under 1% | B+ | A | 17 min | $77,384 |
| Dale Township | under 1% | A | D− | 24 min | $132,803 |
| Normal Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Twin Grove | 1% | A | D | 23 min | $116,250 |
| White Oak Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Danvers Township | under 1% | A | C | 30 min | $97,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Normal Township: not graded. White Oak Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Dry Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dry Grove Township?
$117,813 (±$23,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dry Grove Township?
4.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dry Grove Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dry Grove Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (36%, 8 mi), Normal (21%, 6 mi), Chicago (3%, 116 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dry Grove Township walkable?
Dry Grove Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dry Grove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dry Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dry Grove 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.