Work & commute · Dieterich

Work & commute in Dieterich, IL

Most working residents leave Dieterich for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (36%), Teutopolis (12%) and Watson (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 429 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 409 Dieterich residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dieterich.

409live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dieterich goes to work

Effingham10 mi away

36%156

Teutopolis7.2 mi away

12%50

Dieterich (in town)right here

5%20

Watson7.6 mi away

4%19

Springfield84.2 mi away

3%14

Mattoon28.9 mi away

1%6

Teutopolis7.8 mi away

1%6

Belleville94.5 mi away

1%5

Decatur62.4 mi away

1%5

Douglas11 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%143

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

How far

How far Dieterich commutes

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

48%

17%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dieterich is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dieterich are

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

Jobs based in Dieterich

448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Dieterich residents hold

429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+33%

Jobs based in Dieterich, 2013 → 2023: 337 → 448. 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.