Work & commute · Dix

Work & commute in Dix, IL

Most working residents leave Dix for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (30%), Centralia (6%) and Salem (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 172 Dix residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dix.

172live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dix goes to work

Mount Vernon9.1 mi away

30%52

Centralia11 mi away

6%11

Salem12.7 mi away

4%7

Springfield100.3 mi away

3%6

Centralia8.7 mi away

3%5

Dodds13.6 mi away

2%4

Okawville32.6 mi away

2%3

Dix (in town)right here

2%3

Mascoutah46.5 mi away

2%3

Effingham51.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%78

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

How far

How far Dix commutes

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

34%

23%

14%

29%

34%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dix is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dix are

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

Jobs based in Dix

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Dix residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+96%

Jobs based in Dix, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 96. 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.