Dunham Township has higher unemployment (13.8%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. Jobs and income earn Dunham Township B; getting around on foot earns it A. 5% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dunham Township stands out on work
Dunham Township trades workers with the towns around it
Dunham Township has about as many jobs (1,108) as working residents (1,267), but they are mostly different people: 1,208 residents leave for work each day while 1,049 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Dunham Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
60% of the jobs in Dunham Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Dunham Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dunham Township is Chicago, 62 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (126) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
Why Dunham Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dunham Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #384 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Dunham Township’s grade up (0.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dunham Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who commutes out of Dunham Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,208 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 1,049 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 (0.87 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.
The kinds of work in Dunham Township
1,108 jobs are based in Dunham Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunham Township, 2013 → 2023: 911 → 1,108. 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 Dunham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Dunham Township goes to work
About 23% 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.
10% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Dunham Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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 Dunham Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunham Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,096 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.
Dunham Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunham Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #108 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Dunham 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 1,159 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 69% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 69% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 7.1% of Dunham Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dunham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dunham Township is 1,606th of 5,131 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,800 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,604 | Shawneeland VA | 2,754 | $95K | 10.2% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,605 | Elida OH | 1,904 | $81K | 3.1% | 5.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,606 | Dunham Township IL | 2,783 | $93K | 0.9% | 13.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,607 | Central Park WA | 3,206 | $99K | 6.4% | 2.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,608 | Woodstown NJ | 3,784 | $99K | 9.2% | 6.2% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,131 | 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 Dunham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Dunham Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Hartland Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunham Township | – | B | A | 27 min | $92,697 |
| Chemung Township | under 2% | C | A | 28 min | $67,742 |
| Boone Township | under 2% | B− | C | 29 min | $98,438 |
| Hartland Township | 2% | A | B | 37 min | $104,531 |
| Marengo Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marengo Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dunham 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 Dunham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dunham Township?
$92,697 (±$44,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunham Township?
0.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunham Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunham Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 62 mi), Harvard (9%, 4 mi), Woodstock (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunham Township walkable?
Dunham Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunham Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 69% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunham 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.