Work & commute · Dwight

Work & commute in Dwight, IL

About one in 5 of Dwight’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Morris (6%), Pontiac (5%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

324 of 1,462 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,138 Dwight residents head out of town to work, 324 work right here, and 1,571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dwight.

1,138live here, work elsewhere

324live and work here

1,571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dwight goes to work

Dwight (in town)right here

22%324

Morris19.4 mi away

6%94

Pontiac18.5 mi away

5%71

Chicago63.6 mi away

4%63

Bloomington51.8 mi away

3%39

Joliet32.1 mi away

3%39

Channahon23.8 mi away

2%33

Kankakee29.1 mi away

2%30

Coal City14.6 mi away

2%28

Peoria66.9 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%718

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%

24%

21%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dwight is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dwight are

1,895 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

1,895 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Dwight residents hold

1,462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+48%

Jobs based in Dwight, 2013 → 2023: 1,278 → 1,895. 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.