Work & commute · Braceville

Work & commute in Braceville, IL

Most working residents leave Braceville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (11%), Morris (8%) and Chicago (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 328 Braceville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Braceville.

328live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Braceville goes to work

Joliet21.1 mi away

11%36

Morris13.4 mi away

8%27

Chicago51.9 mi away

7%24

Coal City3.8 mi away

4%14

Kankakee22.7 mi away

3%10

Wilmington8.6 mi away

3%9

Gardner3.1 mi away

2%8

Channahon13.6 mi away

2%8

Dwight11.8 mi away

2%6

Minooka15.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%182

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

How far

How far Braceville commutes

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

15%

37%

29%

20%

15%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Braceville is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Braceville are

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

Jobs based in Braceville

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Braceville residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+67%

Jobs based in Braceville, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 92. 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.