Work & commute · Breese

Work & commute in Breese, IL

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

443 of 2,196 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

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,753 Breese residents head out of town to work, 443 work right here, and 1,905 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Breese.

1,753live here, work elsewhere

443live and work here

1,905work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Breese goes to work

Breese (in town)right here

20%443

Highland13.9 mi away

5%109

Belleville26.1 mi away

5%100

St. Louis, MO38.9 mi away

4%91

Carlyle8 mi away

4%86

Breese0.8 mi away

4%79

Centralia22.5 mi away

3%71

Trenton8.7 mi away

2%51

O'Fallon21.2 mi away

2%44

New Baden11.3 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,088

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.

38%

25%

21%

15%

38%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

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Breese are

2,348 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

2,348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Breese residents hold

2,196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−8%

Jobs based in Breese, 2013 → 2023: 2,552 → 2,348. 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.