Work & commute · Dahlgren

Work & commute in Dahlgren, IL

Most working residents leave Dahlgren for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (22%), McLeansboro (15%) and Dahlgren (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 195 Dahlgren residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dahlgren.

195live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dahlgren goes to work

Mount Vernon15 mi away

22%45

McLeansboro10.9 mi away

15%30

Dahlgren1.6 mi away

4%9

Dahlgren (in town)right here

4%8

Marion34.9 mi away

3%6

Springfield121.5 mi away

2%5

Crouch10.4 mi away

2%5

McLeansboro11.3 mi away

2%5

Beaver Creek13.9 mi away

2%5

Fairfield21.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%81

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Dahlgren commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

11%

52%

16%

22%

11%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dahlgren is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dahlgren are

104 jobs are based in Dahlgren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dahlgren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dahlgren

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dahlgren residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−13%

Jobs based in Dahlgren, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 104. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.