Work & commute · Breese

Work & commute in Breese, IL

About one in 4 of Breese’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Breese (20%), Highland (5%) and St. Louis (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

633 of 2,663 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,030 Breese residents head out of town to work, 633 work right here, and 2,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Breese.

2,030live here, work elsewhere

633live and work here

2,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Breese goes to work

Breese0.8 mi away

20%532

Highland13.7 mi away

5%132

St. Louis, MO38.2 mi away

4%118

Belleville25.3 mi away

4%117

Carlyle8.8 mi away

4%101

Breese (in town)right here

4%101

Centralia23.2 mi away

3%85

Trenton8 mi away

2%62

O'Fallon20.4 mi away

2%52

Chicago243.5 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,324

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

How far

How far Breese commutes

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

39%

25%

21%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Breese is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Breese are

2,801 jobs are based in Breese. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Breese’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Breese

2,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Breese residents hold

2,663 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−8%

Jobs based in Breese, 2013 → 2023: 3,036 → 2,801. 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.