Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Work and commuting in Dwight Township
For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%). About one in five work in Dwight Township; the top destination outside it is Dwight (22%, 2 miles). At 28 minutes each way, commutes from Dwight Township run about the Illinois average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dwight Township, in a few figures
Dwight Township and Dwight trade workers both ways
Dwight is the top workplace for Dwight Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Dwight Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Dwight Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 2024, 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 Dwight Township’s residents
Where Dwight Township clocks in
22% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Dwight Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dwight Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,063 commuters (the 3% 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 far Dwight Township’s workers travel
About 32% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dwight Township
On a workday 1,311 residents head out to work, 293 work right here, and 928 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 2024, primary jobs.
Inside Dwight Township’s 1,221 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dwight Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,236 → 1,221. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dwight Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dwight Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dwight Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $70,313 |
| Nevada Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Round Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nevada Township, Union Township and Round Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dwight 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 2024, 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 Dwight Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dwight Township?
$70,313 (±$7,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dwight Township?
10.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dwight Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dwight Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dwight (22%, 2 mi), Morris (6%, 21 mi), Pontiac (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dwight Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dwight Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dwight Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.