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Work & commute · South Dixon

Work & commute in South Dixon, IL

Most working residents leave South Dixon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dixon (22%), Sterling (6%) and Ashton (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
22 of 467 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 445 South Dixon residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 1,693 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Dixon.

445live here, work elsewhere
22live and work here
1,693work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where South Dixon goes to work

AshtonPoloRock FallsSterlingAmboyDixonRochelleDeKalbNapervilleChicagoRockfordColomaNachusaDixonMarionSouth DixonNelsonPalmyraMontmorencyOregon-NashuaDixonSterlingAshtonChicagoRockfordDixonRochelleDeKalbNapervilleOregon-NashuaSouth Dixon
1
Dixon3.5 mi away
22%101
2
Sterling12.6 mi away
6%28
3
Ashton12.7 mi away
6%26
4
Chicago91 mi away
4%17
5
Rockford37.6 mi away
3%16
6
Dixon4.9 mi away
3%12
7
Rochelle21.6 mi away
2%11
8
DeKalb37.3 mi away
2%10
9
Naperville66.5 mi away
2%10
10
Oregon-Nashua14.3 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%227

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

How far

How far South Dixon commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

South Dixon is a job hub

3.67jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Dixon are

1,715 jobs are based in South Dixon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Dixon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Dixon

1,715 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities48%
Services (health, schools, offices…)21%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs South Dixon residents hold

467 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+36%

Jobs based in South Dixon, 2013 → 2023: 1,263 → 1,715. 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.

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