Work & commute · Dwight

Work & commute in Dwight, IL

Most working residents leave Dwight for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Dwight (21%), Morris (6%) and Pontiac (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

289 of 1,553 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,264 Dwight residents head out of town to work, 289 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dwight.

1,264live here, work elsewhere

289live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dwight goes to work

Dwight2 mi away

21%330

Morris21.3 mi away

6%94

Pontiac17.5 mi away

5%84

Chicago64.8 mi away

4%66

Bloomington50.6 mi away

3%41

Joliet33.6 mi away

3%39

Channahon25.4 mi away

2%35

Kankakee28.5 mi away

2%32

Coal City15.9 mi away

2%28

Peoria66.9 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%781

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

How far

How far Dwight commutes

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

25%

20%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dwight is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dwight are

1,106 jobs are based in Dwight. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dwight’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dwight

1,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Dwight residents hold

1,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Dwight, 2013 → 2023: 1,161 → 1,106. 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.