Village · Livingston County, Illinois

Dwight, Illinois

Dwight is a village in Livingston County, Illinois, part of the Pontiac, IL metro area. It has 3,872 residents. Dwight, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 39 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,524 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #445 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), public libraries (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), new business applications (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

39Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,524 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #445 of 697 in IL
Population: 3,872 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,002.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1721358

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety63#5,727/15,637
Economy39#9,494/15,631
Housing84#2,340/14,977
Health43#8,939/15,609
Healthcare36#10,000/15,650
Environment8#14,147/15,453
Education33#10,434/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,515/15,650
Community57#6,684/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,656/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dwight, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Livingston County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Social associations · high15.9 /10k
93/100Illinois 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLivingston County value
Public libraries · high2.0 /10k
91/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLivingston County value
Students per teacher · low11.4×
91/100Illinois 13.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsLivingston County value
Rent as share of income · low23.3%
91/100Illinois 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Home price to income ratio · low2.2×
88/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
88/100Illinois 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauLivingston County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high25.4 mi
1/100Illinois 4.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLivingston County value
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
3/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauLivingston County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Illinois 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLivingston County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.12%
6/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Illinois 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLivingston County value
Flu vaccinations · low34.0%
15/100Illinois 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLivingston County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
4,096 (2015-2019) → 3,872 (2020-2024)
−5.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.0 /1k (2021) → 2.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+123%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
24.7% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
42.4% (2015-2019) → 30.3% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,375 (2015-2019) → $71,184 (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.7% (2015-2019) → 86.6% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Dwight, Illinois improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Rent / income−5.1 points28.4% → 23.3%
Household income+44%$49,375 → $71,184

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Dwight, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.8 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%2015-2019	20.3%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	2.27%2015-2019	2.12%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.4742020-2024	+0.037	Within the margin of error	22%
Median household income	$49,3752015-2019	$71,1842020-2024	+44%	Improved	79%
Poverty rate	17.5%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Improved	83%
Rent-burdened households	42.4%2015-2019	30.3%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	86%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Dwight, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dwight, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Dwight, Illinois itself moved +1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,872 residents (±355)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,652 households (±196)

Dwight, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k15%†242
$25k–50k19%†314
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,652 households (±196)

Dwight, Illinois
Illinois share

Own69%1,141
Rent31%†511

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,020 workers (±263)

Dwight, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone80%1,606
Carpool6.5%†132
Public transit0.4%†9

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pontiac, IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Livingston County, the county holding most of Dwight's residents.

Livingston County has 826 employer establishments, 235 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Illinois's), with 10,906 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,207. The Census Bureau also counts 1,978 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 826; 1,978 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 235; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 10,906
Average annual pay: $52,207; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Livingston County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	59	16.8	1.08×About typical	462	$72,169	117
Restaurants and other eating places	57	16.2	0.88×About typical	719	$16,191	14
Truck transportation	47	13.3	2.64×More than typical	166	$58,922	75
Religious organizations	41	11.6	2.10×More than typical	294	$18,711	—
Full-service restaurants	31	8.8	1.15×About typical	304	$14,243	7
Ambulatory health care services	29	8.2	0.40×Fewer than typical	228	$53,697	52
Automotive repair and maintenance	26	7.4	1.47×More than typical	120	$45,700	36
Banks and credit unions	26	7.4	2.29×More than typical	305	$58,482	7
Construction of buildings	23	6.5	0.86×About typical	122	$78,197	60
Building equipment contractors	22	6.2	1.04×About typical	276	$70,163	21
Insurance agencies and brokerages	22	6.2	1.42×More than typical	78	$51,513	26
Limited-service restaurants	22	6.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	365	$18,581	6

Rank places for an industry Open Livingston County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 35,215 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Dwight, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2.4KFY2017
1.3KFY2018
3.8KFY2019
18.6KFY2020
7.5KFY2021

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Dwight, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Dwight, Illinois's figures are part of those of Livingston County, IL and Grundy County, IL ($602.9K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Dwight is mostly in Livingston County.

See federal money in Livingston County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Dwight, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pontiac, IL59

Other cities and towns in Livingston County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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