Work & commute · Dimmick

Work & commute in Dimmick, IL

Most working residents leave Dimmick for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (14%), LaSalle (13%) and Ottawa (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 313 Dimmick residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 1,521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dimmick.

313live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

1,521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dimmick goes to work

Peru4.1 mi away

14%45

LaSalle5.3 mi away

13%41

Ottawa15.2 mi away

6%19

Mendota10 mi away

3%11

Chicago79.1 mi away

3%11

Spring Valley7.2 mi away

3%9

Dayton15.4 mi away

2%8

Princeton18.6 mi away

2%7

Peoria52.8 mi away

2%5

Aurora48.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%163

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

How far

How far Dimmick commutes

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

34%

20%

11%

35%

34%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dimmick is a job hub

4.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dimmick are

1,531 jobs are based in Dimmick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dimmick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dimmick

1,531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Dimmick residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+34%

Jobs based in Dimmick, 2013 → 2023: 1,146 → 1,531. 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.